MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.4% 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	68.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 21:38
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 581 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 78.3 54% 67.9 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 74.7 52% 62.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -87213604988221 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2115 (B5) Unknown 0 0 4 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1374 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 550895 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 550895 (F2) Unknown 100 100 431201 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21138	68.8% Good	Read 456 Write 142 Mixed 220 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 13 123% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 46.1 66% 124 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 843GB free Firmware: 01.0 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3784 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1228 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3643 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 26 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 164 Mixed 157 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.32 123% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR Kingston 99U5403-043.A00LF 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR Kingston 99U5403-043.A00LF 16GB 1867, 1333, 1867, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,367x
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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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