MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.3% 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	106% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 03:44
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 725 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3354) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1777 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 26.5 Parallax 32.1 32% 32.4 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 32.3 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 13277 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 153 (A9) Unknown 100 100 767 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 55 (AE) Unknown 100 100 137 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 44 188979806240 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 339 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 29558 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18165 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11481 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	106% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 474 Mixed 479 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 29.3 141% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 63.1 120% 240 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 725GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1425 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 802 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1285 (C2) HDA temperature 105 95 38 (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	91.5% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 144 Mixed 144 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.36 137% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 109%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 68GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 193 3233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2067 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 10 10 65804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1445 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 527 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2067 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.3% Average	Read 87.9 Write 76.5 Mixed 81.2 62% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.61 152% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 26.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

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	1,365x
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 $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