MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	12.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '16 at 08:25
Run Duration	548 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 416 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3231) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 16.4 Reflection 18.4 Parallax 22.9 13% 19.2 fps	MRender 15.4 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 20.3 14% 17 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 202GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 667 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 339 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 475	81% Excellent	Read 514 Write 350 Mixed 260 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 10.1 101% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 27.3 78% 169 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 101%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12735 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2141 (B1) Unknown 88 88 144 (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 63 60 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 219 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14964605157	36.3% Below average	Read 265 Write 31.9 Mixed 44 24% 114 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 8.02 68% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 43.6 DQ Mixed 23.6 38% 76.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 73%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 84GB free, PID 0201 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 29.2 Mixed 29.7 38% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.18 51% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 44%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 43GB free, PID 00d5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Read 29.9 Write 11 Mixed 26.2 26% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.92 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.33 22% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 35%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 22GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	4.48% Terrible	Read 19 Write 4.16 Mixed 6.92 10% 10 MB/s	4K Read 3.44 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.005 13% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.48% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 64%

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Gaming 56%

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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 $295	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