MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	37.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 17:54
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 360 54% 393 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 100GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7326859 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -131486128798531 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1299 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 18 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 34 81606606877 (C2) HDA temperature 29 34 81606606877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7326859 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7326859 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7326859 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 77309411328 (E9) Unknown 0 0 427 (EA) Unknown 0 0 285 (F1) Unknown 0 0 285 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1897 (F4) Unknown 100 100 393217	75.8% Very good	Read 480 Write 212 Mixed 311 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18.9 114% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 58.3 93% 176 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 49449264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 106738527245548 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3398 (AB) Unknown 0 0 3 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 132 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 3 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 68 81608835101 (C2) HDA temperature 29 68 81608835101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 49449264 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 49449264 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 49449264 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10143 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9008 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9008 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13143	37.3% Below average	Read 173 Write 67.3 Mixed 80.8 23% 107 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 12.1 77% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 96.7 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 27.9 38% 69.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 0 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5039910 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4560 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 38655312467 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 521666591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2572 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 81604378655 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 13 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 159 48731 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 47721381627281 (F1) Unknown 100 253 758401498 (F2) Unknown 100 253 382252522	56.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 94.6 Mixed 90.9 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.48 90% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-199.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-199.A00LF 16GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%

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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	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,200x
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	147x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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