MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.6% 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	105% 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	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 18 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 21:55
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 505 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% MSI(1462 2842) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 44.2 31% 38.8 fps	MRender 47.5 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 35 33% 41.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7460 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2192 (B1) Unknown 95 95 176 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34864252135	105% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 466 Mixed 469 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 28.7 141% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 82.9 124% 233 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%
Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN164 4TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 38278796 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 686 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 58 60145841126 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -23016729738177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (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 64 437387290 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 388 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12097 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (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 4952097292571 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3823337496 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1845981955	81.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 138 Mixed 127 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.27 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 105%
WD WD1600AAJS-00B4A0 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 744GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30326784 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6246 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 8617993848 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2244 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 71 25770197062 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 296823685148 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67494 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 229 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49005576850050 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16856372327 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20704340700	98.7% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 146 Mixed 140 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.24 69% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 101%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 642GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143052299 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1188 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4302529903 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3367 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 747335712982 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 504692766 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 29 143052299 (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 59588376266759 (F1) Unknown 100 253 843354164 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2221561666	44.1% Average	Read 74.2 Write 79.4 Mixed 68.1 56% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.49 102% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.AAGC6.9L1 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 18GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.3% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 10.7 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 38%

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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	1,373x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,204x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16