MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 20:30
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 477 55% 428 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% PNY(196E 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 70 Parallax 62.2 54% 66 fps	MRender 75.1 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 59.2 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 166GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4227 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 192 192 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C2) HDA temperature 74 56 188979478554 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 475 Mixed 492 107% 477 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 39.2 132% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 192 180% 281 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1884 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 368 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38667616413 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 490 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 66 283468890145 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 188980396076 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 955 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3229 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2858 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4321 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.5% Good	Read 482 Write 243 Mixed 283 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 13.1 73% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 34.4 72% 147 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,004 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,198x
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	145x
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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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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