MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.9% 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	85.6% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 14:16
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 619 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 116 Parallax 100 93% 110 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 63 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8906467	113% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 405 Mixed 422 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 50.6 176% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 131 147% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 9904 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2031 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 145 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 55 193273528354 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28893300645 (F7) Unknown 100 100 328594341 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1378973818	85.6% Excellent	Read 484 Write 264 Mixed 349 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 28.1 124% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 51.4 102% 208 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 492GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 16 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6390 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5662 (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 96 96 21542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5511 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 97 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 514 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 65 353697813 (C2) HDA temperature 74 64 437583898 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 189137 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	58.4% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 106 Mixed 114 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.52 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM3X2G1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CM3X2G1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 67%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

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 $100Bench 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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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $537

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 $40	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