MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 04:22
Run Duration	95 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4770K-$480 33,842 User benchmarks - Average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	SC Int 116 SC Float 118 SC Mixed 116 94% 117 Pts	QC Int 386 QC Float 399 QC Mixed 383 88% 389 Pts	MC Int 586 MC Float 629 MC Mixed 618 92% 611 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$520 81,198 User benchmarks - Average bench 125% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 442 Reflection 389 Parallax 419 134% 416 fps	MRender 243 Gravity 412 Splatting 248 132% 301 fps
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 142%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$57 207,126 User benchmarks - Average bench 89% 637GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193451664 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 152980959 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1123 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 90649002010 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9561 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 -140737488355302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79362405701653 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16335644984 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28974811847	99% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 151 Mixed 180 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB-$64 9,827 User benchmarks - Average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $257Bench 79%, 25,664 samples	1,954x
Core i7-4770KIntel $480Bench 79%, 33,842 samples	1,346x
Core i7-4790KIntel $339Bench 88%, 86,390 samples	249x

GPU
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 48%, 29,230 samples	611x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 65%, 183,377 samples	599x
GTX 1070Nvidia $367Bench 100%, 143,076 samples	425x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $130Bench 80%, 44,085 samples	494x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $140Bench 78%, 32,442 samples	401x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 95%, 156,926 samples	333x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperX $69Bench 50%, 16,286 samples	163x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsair $64Bench 49%, 16,748 samples	162x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILL $60Bench 52%, 10,073 samples	141x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $978

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $300	Nvidia GTX 1070 $367	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $280	AMD RX 480 $390	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $212	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $280	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $718	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $57	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $139	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13