MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.3% 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	108% 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	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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 18:25
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 482 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1442 MHz, MLim: 1777 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.3% Average	Lighting 54.8 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 51.4 45% 56.5 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 52.3 Splatting 65.3 52% 64 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 777GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7003 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 108 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 66 48 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 69627328994	108% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 417 Mixed 428 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 34.6 158% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 140 154% 263 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 90 112770518 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2297 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 8693983769 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1584 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 218 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 437649434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40385 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 47244640282 (C5) Current pending sector count 83 70 2816 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 83 70 2816 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 82691005357148 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23717585124 (F2) Unknown 100 253 252701401592	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 187 Mixed 178 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.22 93% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.4% 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	1,365x
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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

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) $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