MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 23% Surfboard	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 7.04%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	31.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (91%). 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 23:01
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 0.7 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.04% Terrible	Memory 2.88 1-Core 20.2 2-Core 16.2 7% 13.1 Pts	4-Core 65.9 8-Core 55.3 8% 60.6 Pts	64-Core 94.2 6% 94.2 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 7.04% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.2% Below average	Lighting 12.3 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 56.1 10% 26.2 fps	MRender 55 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 108 72% 84.9 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 525 Series mSATA 240GB-$150 119 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: LLKi Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -67645734881463 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 125 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 45 77 38659751981 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 853171 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 41 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 853171 (F2) Unknown 100 100 605301 (F9) Unknown 100 100 29554	47.7% Average	Read 457 Write 250 Mixed 319 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 6.16 44% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 11.6 DQ Write 60.4 DQ Mixed 7.12 14% 26.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 95%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 563GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 138 138 34386149766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1097 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 44383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 486 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1215 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 231928758297 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.1% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 113 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.7% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.33 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 2.7 SC Mixed 2.1 8% 2.7 GB/s	Latency 476 8% 476 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 56%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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