MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '17 at 14:12
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 253 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 659 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2898 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 213 Parallax 212 160% 207 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 190 Splatting 131 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 180GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4279 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 758 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 100 73018048543 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 307918 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 31 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 307918 (F2) Unknown 100 100 144303 (F9) Unknown 100 100 14396	80.6% Excellent	Read 477 Write 241 Mixed 287 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 27.3 142% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 66.7 64% 94.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 95%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC02 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 100 100 94343251629409 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1802 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1464 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 34 57 60133277730 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1464 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 93 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 687640 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 43 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 93 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 687640 (F2) Unknown 100 100 533497 (F9) Unknown 100 100 59612	76% Very good	Read 490 Write 249 Mixed 285 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 21.2 130% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 14 27% 51.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 685GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74967320 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 34576269855 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11357 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1975 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 43 86487990306 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 100787 (C2) HDA temperature 34 57 51539607586 (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 -22853520973622 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32279424948 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47971496699	82.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 140 Mixed 130 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 192GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 195 162 (03) Spinup time 253 171 1025 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6496 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3549 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 140 140 182730 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.5% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 64.6 Mixed 72.5 50% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 67%
Samsung S2 Portable 500GB 2,689 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 112GB free, PID 1f05 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 40.8 Mixed 36.4 50% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.3 64% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 23.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 72%

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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	1,364x
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