MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 20:41
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 206 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 604 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 101 Parallax 91.1 78% 96.1 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 74.4 68% 83.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 330GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 88 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 22 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 62 56 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 779524785	112% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 406 Mixed 415 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 47.3 174% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 127 146% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 21858483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 139079630994812 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1362 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 102 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 73 55839359010 (C2) HDA temperature 34 73 55839359010 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21858483 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21858483 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21858483 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 82 82 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 53049 (EA) Unknown 0 0 50255 (F1) Unknown 0 0 50255 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27000	65.3% Good	Read 485 Write 133 Mixed 198 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 17.6 106% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 42 63% 118 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 540GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 128 125 4591 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 761 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4057 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 534 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 107126 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 34 (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	79.1% Very good	Read 156 Write 119 Mixed 140 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x8GB 2,913 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.7 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 72%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,009 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,366x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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