MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.5% 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	23.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '15 at 19:38
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 199 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 502 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5306 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.5% Poor	Lighting 31.9 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 35.2 26% 32 fps	MRender 40.7 Gravity 28.9 Splatting 32 27% 33.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM800 Series 2.5" 256GB 1,200 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM25D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19656 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 123 (AF) Unknown 99 99 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 192 (B2) Unknown 74 74 32 (B3) Unknown 93 93 557 (B4) Unknown 93 93 7379 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 74 74 92 (E9) Unknown 44 44 2408891944	23.3% Poor	Read 156 Write 56.6 Mixed 111 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 8.21 4K Mixed 6.08 46% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 7.73 DQ Mixed 4.66 5% 8.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 34%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 419GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 177 3716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 147 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 108 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 29 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 90.6 Mixed 8.86 49% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.54 147% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 101GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 120 (03) Spinup time 142 142 38683476334 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4699 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 44070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5632 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5632 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 201864249375 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40.6% Average	Read 71.7 Write 69.5 Mixed 19.7 39% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.38 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GB 946 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.7 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 74%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,010 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

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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 $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