MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 01:30
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	32%

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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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 491 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 119 Parallax 113 96% 116 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 240GB 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0422C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 129 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 128 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2836 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 76 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15265 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15965 (F5) Unknown 100 100 11344	62.8% Good	Read 487 Write 238 Mixed 263 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 13.3 94% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 51.8 DQ Mixed 13.3 18% 31.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 90%
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 58GB free Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 2876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1593 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 992 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 193 193 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 525 (C2) HDA temperature 75 60 171799805977 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	79.5% Very good	Read 517 Write 306 Mixed 234 77% 352 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 24.8 125% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 99.9 DQ Mixed 24.5 30% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 550GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185408656 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58598049 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1759 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 137441061551 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20144 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 73014444058 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 315 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -90409061579107 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -64234158002227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 81901897613202	94.9% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 172 Mixed 142 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.4 118% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 64GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 143 1416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1667 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1480 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 357 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 122 122 234141 (C2) HDA temperature 119 93 24 (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	40% Below average	Read 69.4 Write 69.5 Mixed 72.8 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C9-4GXL 0420 F3-17000CL9-2GBXL 0420 F3-2133C9-4GXL 0420 F3-17000CL9-2GBXL 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.6% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.6% 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	1,373x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,204x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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