MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 15:22
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 115 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 404 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 146 Parallax 127 106% 134 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23819 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2367 (B1) Unknown 59 59 410 (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 63 46 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47140313015	67.8% Good	Read 458 Write 176 Mixed 169 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 13 99% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 31.1 77% 167 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 126GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2044 (03) Spinup time 160 159 4966 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4682 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4073 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 444 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4667 (C2) HDA temperature 109 99 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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 79.5 Mixed 84.4 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 105GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 121 120 6916 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8945 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8912 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 110 110 272062 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 34 (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 1	45.7% Average	Read 90.7 Write 68.7 Mixed 70.1 57% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.26 74% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 94GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7925 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3229 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7809 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 36 (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	52.3% Above average	Read 94 Write 88.1 Mixed 100 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.25 66% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 69%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 51GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 158 5000 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7737 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3785 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7731 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 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	57.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 92.6 Mixed 78.7 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 1.5TB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 273GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 40.5 Mixed 34.1 48% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

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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	1,369x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,202x
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	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16