MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 08:03
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 612 66% 523 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1559 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67% Good	Lighting 87 Reflection 84.5 Parallax 75.3 71% 82.3 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 66.9 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 40670 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 440 (B1) Unknown 63 63 1342 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 247 (F1) Unknown 99 99 162048251807	91.7% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 313 Mixed 328 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 22 138% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 20.7 83% 184 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 48GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29247 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 169 (B1) Unknown 96 96 221 (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 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 115646254691	121% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 502 Mixed 512 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 47.4 178% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 155 167% 277 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 152 10666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 193 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 122 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 31 (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	88.6% Excellent	Read 180 Write 128 Mixed 136 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.21 92% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 98%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 398GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 135 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3750 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 310368 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 24 (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	78.8% Very good	Read 143 Write 132 Mixed 131 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 316GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2525 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 27 (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	63.3% Good	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 109 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.38 105% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 843 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 64%

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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 $127Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $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