MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.9% 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	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (19%). 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 01:28
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 518 55% 438 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2666) 3GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 25.4 Parallax 31.2 21% 27.4 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 26.6 24% 29.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 887GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 706GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 762 Write 764 Mixed 764 171% 763 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 27.9 120% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 89.3 104% 167 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 131%
Liteon LMH-256V2M-11 MSATA 256GB 938 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 238GB free Firmware: FM8110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 163 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 119 (F2) Unknown 100 100 91	106% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 339 Mixed 413 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 44.3 166% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 69.9 116% 224 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 96%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 137GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 755 Write 764 Mixed 760 170% 760 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 17.9 110% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 412 DQ Mixed 81.5 104% 174 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 195 195 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 256 (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 98 98 1270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1538 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 236224249884 (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 200 200 416 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 46 (F1) Unknown 100 100 46002053721 (F2) Unknown 100 100 426669133 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60.3% Good	Read 118 Write 92.8 Mixed 118 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1403 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3834 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 30 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 42 (F1) Unknown 200 200 89700521 (F2) Unknown 200 200 21759000466	63.4% Good	Read 120 Write 101 Mixed 116 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.14 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48374624 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4331098460 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (B7) Unknown 8 8 92 (B8) Unknown 94 94 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 295 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 70 40 253907763230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29798 (C2) HDA temperature 30 60 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 262 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13035225738964 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17252175464 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7934745170	85.8% Excellent	Read 153 Write 147 Mixed 135 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 114%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 173GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 133 6225 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 1349207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 749 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4229 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (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	37.7% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 61.5 Mixed 64.4 49% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C11 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C11 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 58%

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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	1,382x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,217x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	394x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	323x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	166x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	148x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	147x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	86x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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