MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Run History

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 18:51
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

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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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 487 65% 487 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2105 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Lighting 85.8 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 81.2 70% 83 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 75.9 62% 75.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 765 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 425 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9439235255
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: SC11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93757072 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18554 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 711141 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (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 72 46 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18554 (C2) HDA temperature 28 54 77309411356 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 165 Mixed 144 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.21 87% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$33 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 298GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35092506 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3458 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 57270283 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1697 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 74 42 2671907176474 (C2) HDA temperature 26 58 51539607578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 44 35092506 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 93 Mixed 89.3 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.47 107% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$33 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 222GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241397409 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 746803329 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 40191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 452 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 487850013 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 25 241397409 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	39.1% Below average	Read 60.6 Write 75.7 Mixed 63.9 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.37 83% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 60%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 87GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 131 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1705 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1676 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1865 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24828 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 29 (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	64.9% Good	Read 126 Write 101 Mixed 97 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.14 81% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 79%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 14GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 185 3583 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1089 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 983 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 684 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (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	26.1% Poor	Read 45.6 Write 45.4 Mixed 44.1 34% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.34 73% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 60%

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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	1,377x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,206x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	391x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	322x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $537

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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