MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.9% 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	94.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '17 at 13:25
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 471 64% 474 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 22DD) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1775 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Lighting 29.9 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 34.5 24% 32.4 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 27.7 Splatting 35 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$70 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9879 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1059 (B1) Unknown 94 94 69 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 129 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27671405364	94.6% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 347 Mixed 351 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 23.4 140% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 22.4 86% 194 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 292GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 234506175 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 393 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16611859 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (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 65 437387290 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 445 (C2) HDA temperature 26 13 55834574874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 234506175 (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 -103049150330007 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5403863876 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5624309968	91.7% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 147 Mixed 142 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.29 93% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 163GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 4471 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4952 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5945 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 878 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 732 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 184684380184 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 694 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 8 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 74256	42% Average	Read 64.4 Write 81.7 Mixed 77.7 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

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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	1,379x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,214x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	391x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	323x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	145x

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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Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16