MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.7% 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	86.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 17:48
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 457 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 22DD) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1775 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Lighting 29.6 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 34.8 24% 32.4 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 27.5 Splatting 35 26% 31.2 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11729 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1220 (B1) Unknown 93 93 81 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 134 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31639812256	86.3% Excellent	Read 503 Write 348 Mixed 348 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 21.9 134% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 63 70% 113 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 324GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 241071136 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28202656 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 65 521666587 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 626 (C2) HDA temperature 27 12 51539607579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 241071136 (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 -111617610083675 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7688615666 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8551528731	85.7% Excellent	Read 170 Write 129 Mixed 135 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 110GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 21 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 4466 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5847 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6390 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1039 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 732 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 184684380185 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 733 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 9 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 80640	40% Average	Read 64.7 Write 74.6 Mixed 69 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%

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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	1,371x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,203x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16