MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.9% 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	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 12:32
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th 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)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 583 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 31.1 35% 35 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 41 Splatting 36.3 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 33%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19785 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4531 (B1) Unknown 90 90 113 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 42 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 253 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39726618922	60.1% Good	Read 475 Write 338 Mixed 336 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 13.4 64% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 32.9 DQ Mixed 11.1 14% 26 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 108%
MD07500-BSDW-RO 750GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 615GB free Firmware: 01.02A.5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 166 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8622 (05) Reallocated sector count 122 122 622 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4585 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 393223 (BE) vendor-specific 66 44 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8307 (C2) HDA temperature 113 91 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C4) Reallocation count 194 194 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	63.5% Good	Read 130 Write 92.1 Mixed 120 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.19 49% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 430GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 159067200 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3883 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 131451486 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1740 (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 68 49 605290528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3902 (C2) HDA temperature 32 16 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 159067200 (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 -80620831104373 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8931025097 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36355004905	86.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 143 Mixed 128 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.6% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.4 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 77%

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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	1,196x
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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Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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