MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.8% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '17 at 02:45
Run Duration	626 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 234 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 606 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 74.8 64% 77.1 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 73.7 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 mSATA 240GB-$120 1,180 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th 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 16001 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 87 87 409 (AE) Unknown 100 100 121 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4064 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 29 304942678065 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 87 87 13 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 63212322243 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1998593826 (F8) Unknown 100 100 202317338	82.8% Excellent	Read 505 Write 270 Mixed 349 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 24.9 135% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 33 57% 103 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 86%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 79GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 4264 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 777 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131078 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 69 60 171800002591 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1078 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1004 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1628 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2 (F5) Unknown 100 100 6 (F6) Unknown 100 100 289536	95.1% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 509 Mixed 514 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 13.7 126% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 13.5 56% 116 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 272GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 4688 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2490 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18203353 (09) Power-on hours count 69 11 27241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 410 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 94490787863 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2627 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 4 4688 (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 102993315790686 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2138064206 (F2) Unknown 100 253 627701833	47.4% Average	Read 76.3 Write 88.8 Mixed 115 71% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.43 88% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 71%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,004 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,365x
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