MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.9% 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 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 21:04
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 439 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 205 Parallax 206 109% 182 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 178 Splatting 129 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 960GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 372GB free Firmware: SAFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8146 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1025 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 69 44 240519151647	52.9% Above average	Read 358 Write 105 Mixed 141 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 7.3 83% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 22.9 66% 144 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 90%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^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 8682 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2079 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 388 (AE) Unknown 100 100 120 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 210454315040 (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 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 43903606856 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1394035164 (F8) Unknown 100 100 790217219	86.9% Excellent	Read 519 Write 330 Mixed 241 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 20.4 128% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 45.7 78% 145 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 876GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6788 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10409 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2076 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 142 142 176070 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 28 (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 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74% Very good	Read 135 Write 123 Mixed 98.8 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%

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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	1,366x
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 $274	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 $183	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