MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.7% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 10:16
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 588 64% 504 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Lighting 53.1 Reflection 35.4 Parallax 66.7 43% 51.7 fps	MRender 33.9 Gravity 52.1 Splatting 43.8 36% 43.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 68GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 786 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (64) Unknown 100 100 177936 (65) Unknown 100 100 60288 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 104 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 650 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 19 100 150324576275 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 279 (EA) Unknown 100 100 219 (F1) Unknown 100 100 255 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1309 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	63.6% Good	Read 476 Write 182 Mixed 215 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 10.7 85% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 21 64% 144 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 82%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211427004 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 445 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 181693524018 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 49982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 430 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295163965 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 79 55 353370133 (C2) HDA temperature 21 45 55834574869 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 22 211427004 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 132169028650841 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50713386 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2680938682	36.5% Below average	Read 44.4 Write 82.8 Mixed 93.4 56% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 61%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	9.63% Terrible	Read 26.8 Write 8.88 Mixed 12.7 18% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.39 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.55 68% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.63% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT8GX3M2A1866C9 2x4GB 413 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 15.4 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 71%

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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	1,364x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,196x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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