MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 19:39
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 357 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 67.7 64% 74.8 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 73.3 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
MD10000-NSDW-RO 1TB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 931GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 164 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3566 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2824 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64305 (C2) HDA temperature 123 105 27 (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	47.1% Average	Read 80.7 Write 83.1 Mixed 77.8 61% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.21 92% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 909GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2820 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1554 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2736 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 30 (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	91.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 158 Mixed 158 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.35 118% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 109%
Integral Courier 8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 3d00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	7.36% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 6.75 Mixed 9.63 13% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.09 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.46 57% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.36% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Transcend JM1333KLH-8G 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.4% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 60%

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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	1,379x
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 $70Bench 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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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