MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	87.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 22:51
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 668 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB; Zotac amp extreme core edition CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 218 Parallax 198 131% 192 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 197 Splatting 133 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15935 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1331 (B1) Unknown 77 77 274 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 169 (F1) Unknown 99 99 69053382403	87.3% Excellent	Read 502 Write 352 Mixed 346 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 12.2 132% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 61.8 84% 153 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 889GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116771400 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 711 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39237738 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (B7) Unknown 26 26 74 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 21 21475164328 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 605552676 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26298 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 47244640292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 28 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 41811506630456 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5926737878 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5836390963	91.3% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 157 Mixed 158 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.37 115% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 176GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 117374072 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12609740 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1294 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 588775458 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45469 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 42949672994 (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 8443905706343 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5515864340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28979780609	71.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 122 Mixed 122 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 112%
HGST Touro Mobile 3.0 1TB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 121GB free, PID 1020 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 68.2 Write 64.9 Mixed 5.55 53% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.16 52% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

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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 $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,367x
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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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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