MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.7% 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	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '17 at 12:58
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 480 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 106 94% 113 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 33280883 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 12575664273680 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 714 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 249 (B1) Unknown 0 0 23 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 67 30069162006 (C2) HDA temperature 22 67 30069162006 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 33280883 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 33280883 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 33280883 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 74 74 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 131700 (EA) Unknown 0 0 49718 (F1) Unknown 0 0 49718 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26381	61.6% Good	Read 464 Write 134 Mixed 159 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 15.2 98% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 28.7 53% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 350GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4774 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4594 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 24 (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	83% Excellent	Read 154 Write 135 Mixed 103 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 307GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3877 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3659 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 24 (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	68.8% Good	Read 143 Write 97 Mixed 78.3 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.36 125% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 77%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,029 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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	391x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	320x
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