MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.8% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Windows 8.1 is the second most recent version of Windows but it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 09:19
Run Duration	126 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	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-4460-$184 80,523 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.7% Good	SC Int 92.5 SC Float 95.6 SC Mixed 95.6 76% 94.6 Pts	QC Int 352 QC Float 358 QC Mixed 361 81% 357 Pts	MC Int 369 MC Float 370 MC Mixed 371 56% 370 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 17,901 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E258) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 95.7 25% 81.7 fps	MRender 47.2 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 48.3 24% 56.1 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 30%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9380 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1446 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 165 (AE) Unknown 100 100 664 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 550 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1074 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14342754000 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15312161461	35.6% Below average	Read 425 Write 115 Mixed 193 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 8.62 4K Mixed 5.04 37% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 7.68 DQ Mixed 5.65 8% 16.4 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 46%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 6,121 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 786GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 1179679 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 81 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960695 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2862 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3738 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3738 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 188979281949 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 17 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.5% Excellent	Read 148 Write 157 Mixed 171 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.16 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 1x8GB 446 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.5 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 36%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $250Bench 79%, 54,920 samples	3,355x
Core i7-4770KIntel $430Bench 77%, 62,233 samples	2,271x
Core i7-4770Intel $305Bench 73%, 47,099 samples	438x

GPU
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 48%, 50,502 samples	885x
GTX 970Nvidia $330Bench 64%, 330,096 samples	859x
GTX 1070Nvidia $344Bench 99%, 347,510 samples	855x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $207Bench 94%, 66,732 samples	610x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $114Bench 113%, 235,480 samples	547x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $138Bench 90%, 35,811 samples	542x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 50%, 34,533 samples	282x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 30,921 samples	238x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 18,634 samples	220x

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Total price: $978

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $344	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $86
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $260	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $114
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $135

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $150	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $80
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $899	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $160	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $11