MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '16 at 19:48
Run Duration	327 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 202 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 359 44% 337 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 7.19 Parallax 6.66 3% 5.97 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 8.39 5% 6.32 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16149 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 293 (B1) Unknown 90 90 114 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 153 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32140655065	88% Excellent	Read 490 Write 339 Mixed 351 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 24.8 121% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 70.6 104% 198 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214995376 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1895 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1874157 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 65 56354668568 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46405 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 -140737488355304 (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 -4204772981729 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4041720651 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1345051609	72.4% Very good	Read 142 Write 111 Mixed 97 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 835GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198053368 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2057 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1275729 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 73635201050 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40564 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 -140737488355302 (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 -12674448489617 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6630248733 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1939987242	60.9% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 112 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 96%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 254GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 155 6925 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2636 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 939 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2636 (C2) HDA temperature 120 87 30 (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 12 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.6% Below average	Read 69.9 Write 67.8 Mixed 66.7 51% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.31 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 51%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 32GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130606608 (03) Spinup time 96 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2208 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 843294 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 538312729 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56537 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 73014444057 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 192 118 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 101893804131580 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8667137544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5235694415	59.3% Above average	Read 122 Write 85 Mixed 113 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 19GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220325576 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2548597 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 564 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 43 4295033207 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 35 3582574657562 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 386 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 126026 (C2) HDA temperature 26 65 77309411354 (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 76901389437433 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16722747102084 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3394466442497	90.4% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 147 Mixed 105 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.12 55% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 10GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 199307056 (03) Spinup time 97 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2758 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1014106 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 57 521535513 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 115942 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 73014444057 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 977 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75703093561186 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11373863108 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23994452271	59.4% Above average	Read 109 Write 97.5 Mixed 77.7 71% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.13 59% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 496GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 124 Write 129 Mixed 78.1 138% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.19 44% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 74%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 8GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 95.9 Write 104 Mixed 64.1 111% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.49 281% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,004 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 11.7 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 70%

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Desktop 77%

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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