MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 09:47
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 605 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9902 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2026 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 145 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 55 193273528357 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28868395887 (F7) Unknown 100 100 327799870 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1378660128	86.2% Excellent	Read 484 Write 265 Mixed 346 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 29.1 126% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 50.4 102% 207 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 492GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 16 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6240 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 21539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5506 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 97 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 514 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 505282590 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 505282590 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 195243 (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 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	56.8% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 105 Mixed 110 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.55 121% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 186GB free Firmware: 3.01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 55 49 45248474 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5279 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 847511478 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6299 (C2) HDA temperature 29 55 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 49 45248474 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 57.8 Mixed 56.8 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.38 92% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM3X2G1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CM3X2G1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.9% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 19.3 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 22.8 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 67%

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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 $62Bench 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: 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 $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