MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	94.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 21:33
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 426 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 66.6 Reflection 59.4 Parallax 78.2 54% 68.1 fps	Gravity 53.1 Splatting 74.4 58% 63.7 fps
Poor: 41% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3321 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 300 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 50 50 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1005466044	97.3% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 388 Mixed 348 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 31.6 142% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 112 124% 211 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 124%
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 12027 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2163 (B1) Unknown 100 100 123351 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 292803 (F2) Unknown 100 100 698726	94.4% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 406 Mixed 434 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 32.7 128% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 81.8 105% 190 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 646GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 87 86987256 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2177 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 57 56 137454102610 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2158 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 477 (BC) Unknown 100 97 21475164166 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 56 55 739770412 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39862 (C2) HDA temperature 44 45 77309411372 (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 53953379181809 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22107954910 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17183458444	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 171 Mixed 133 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.31 105% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 133 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 303 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9213 (C2) HDA temperature 94 94 49 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.5% Average	Read 109 Write 63.3 Mixed 59.6 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 87%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 52GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 131 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1456 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1456 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16759 (C2) HDA temperature 96 96 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.6% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.2% 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	1,365x
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 $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