MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 14:40
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 556 56% 458 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8472) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.2% Poor	Lighting 30.6 Reflection 27.9 Parallax 35.2 25% 31.2 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 30.8 29% 35.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 180GB-$134 623 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 19095219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -138040248878240 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1561 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 65 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 56 47248310300 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19095219 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19095219 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19095219 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28329 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21398 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21398 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16016	60.3% Good	Read 499 Write 199 Mixed 235 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 10.2 89% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 46.6 40% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 253GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 180 180 25785991341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1553 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4587 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4587 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 188979281954 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.3% Good	Read 103 Write 114 Mixed 130 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,366x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,199x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	390x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	319x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	164x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	146x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	144x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

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Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16