MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	11.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 05:26
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 582 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 62.6 53% 65.8 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 56.9 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33520 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 8914 (B1) Unknown 84 84 548 (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 61 52 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 638 (F1) Unknown 99 99 73128157135	58.7% Above average	Read 486 Write 286 Mixed 374 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 15.9 65% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 16.6 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 47.6 36% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 203570034 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 182 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8020119 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 118622701750016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (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 60 51 689438760 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4459 (C2) HDA temperature 40 49 55834574888 (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 120422293046814 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3824565042 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3169036004	84.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 142 Mixed 142 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 96%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 879GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9110 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 21114 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1910 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 571801634 (C2) HDA temperature 63 52 622133285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1397702 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.6% Average	Read 74.3 Write 81.2 Mixed 105 66% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.22 59% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 432GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 16 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 207 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 91 16 (BC) Unknown 100 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 56 49 739901484 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 192 (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	86.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 146 Mixed 139 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.28 96% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,364x
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 $129Bench 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