MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Graphics	39.1% 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)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '15 at 12:36
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 103 2-Core 198 68% 150 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 580 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5850 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 51.9 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 41.8 42% 47.1 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 38.5 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 36%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4256 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3012 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 68 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 56 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6626667905
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 297GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11849 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3991 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1009 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10839 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 33 (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 200 101 6134 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.9% Good	Read 118 Write 115 Mixed 114 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.39 104% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 65%
ST340062 0A 400GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 96GB free, PID 0502 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 35.8 Mixed 33.8 45% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.19 45% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 18%

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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	1,384x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,218x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	394x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	324x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	166x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	148x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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 $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369