MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 01:23
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 717 77% 614 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 158 Parallax 151 128% 155 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 147 Splatting 116 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7764 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 651 (B1) Unknown 98 98 74 (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 70 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 326 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14684450110	110% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 489 Mixed 502 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 27.9 149% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 158 170% 282 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 739GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 97 166288477 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1904 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 167762666864 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 231 (BC) Unknown 100 98 524310 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 504823835 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1000 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21642 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 55834574875 (C5) Current pending sector count 95 95 928 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 95 95 928 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -80337363255612 (F1) Unknown 100 253 68996924185 (F2) Unknown 100 253 180532685261	98% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 159 Mixed 137 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.9 232% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 633GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90938160 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 867855314233 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28622 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4972 (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 73 58 82126045211 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57303 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 -140737488355301 (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 -40321152955492 (F1) Unknown 100 253 81444552053 (F2) Unknown 100 253 237561042967	84.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 145 Mixed 166 117% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.2 57% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $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 $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