MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.4% 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	80.9% 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 13:28
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 616 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 0984) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.4% Poor	Lighting 31.6 Reflection 29 Parallax 35.2 26% 31.9 fps	MRender 40.7 Gravity 29.2 Splatting 32.1 28% 34 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8482 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2084 (B1) Unknown 94 94 67 (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 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25365953464	80.9% Excellent	Read 496 Write 343 Mixed 354 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 25 115% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 16.1 46% 91.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 83GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164972800 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4314426789 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2086 (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 63 69156995098 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 519 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29732 (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 71515500451452 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12745063798 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57744379683	53.9% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 99.7 Mixed 85.9 69% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.25 68% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 77.9 Write 126 Mixed 11 91% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 7.06 4K Mixed 0.7 268% 2.91 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 76%
FCR-HS3 -0 64GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 46GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 108 Write 67.9 Mixed 14.6 68% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 1.06 118% 4.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 47%
FCR-HS3 -1 32GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 29GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 82.2 Write 77.2 Mixed 37.3 80% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.59 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 2.2 200% 4.51 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 56%

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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	1,367x
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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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