MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.3% 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	87.8% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 19:14
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 193 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 367 44% 340 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 69.2 57% 69.7 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 55.3 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8994 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2138 (B1) Unknown 90 90 111 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 51 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30208459329	87.8% Excellent	Read 485 Write 337 Mixed 319 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 21 124% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 19 80% 181 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 339GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 148 5358 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6839 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19471 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3474 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6835 (C2) HDA temperature 106 102 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.1% Above average	Read 93 Write 91.7 Mixed 84 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 260GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 166 2416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1513 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1513 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1505 (C2) HDA temperature 106 102 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 143 Mixed 137 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.29 91% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 301GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 84.2 Mixed 62.2 96% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 44%
WD My Passport Essential 320GB 787 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 67GB free, PID 070a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 28.3 Mixed 19.5 34% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.1 45% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 686 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 81%

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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	1,365x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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