MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 15:42
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 476 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 125 Parallax 108 99% 118 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 109 Splatting 109 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4764 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1374 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (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 58 49 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12241671645
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 521GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41391920 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 56 30068038718 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2190 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 572063776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23479 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 34359738400 (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 -57874684309402 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12899830487 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46793201845	79.5% Very good	Read 146 Write 131 Mixed 133 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 358GB free Firmware: CC26 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 114 99 66711496 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1539 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 44 42 983554090317 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 605552672 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13702 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 30064771104 (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 -89502823480147 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9567382323 (F2) Unknown 100 253 758615704414	109% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 182 Mixed 170 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 214GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 26 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 63 9093 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6750 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21926 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6491 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 188979085342 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 24 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7483	68.7% Good	Read 114 Write 125 Mixed 137 95% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.75 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 75%
ST316081 2AS 160GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 69GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 62.2 Write 65.6 Mixed 44.1 72% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.41 54% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 4x4GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.8% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 21.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 65%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

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 $129Bench 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