MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	95.9% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 15:06
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 629 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2812 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 184 Parallax 177 127% 172 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 158 Splatting 104 102% 126 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15706 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1349 (B1) Unknown 79 79 250 (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 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 82 (F1) Unknown 99 99 130758856988	95.9% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 350 Mixed 354 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 27.6 143% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 86.4 116% 212 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 777GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 173410994 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3282379 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 210 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 437190682 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 597 (C2) HDA temperature 26 14 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 173410994 (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 5686536701153 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1722392124 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1181074473	99.9% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 162 Mixed 151 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.32 111% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 208GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 167 2508 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2705 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1256 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2645 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 27 (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	88.5% Excellent	Read 164 Write 144 Mixed 145 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.26 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 24GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.9% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 87%

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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	1,364x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,196x
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 $273	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 $186	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