MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.7% 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	60.9% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 02:27
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 631 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.7% 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 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 122 Parallax 120 98% 121 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 107 Splatting 106 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 69GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -90005334628948 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (B7) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 27 37 77311836187 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 364 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 149433 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 19 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 149433 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14251 (F9) Unknown 100 100 20738	74.4% Very good	Read 502 Write 266 Mixed 263 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 14.7 127% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 57.2 DQ Mixed 21.2 23% 36.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 91%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -122355027400654 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 164 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 106 106 12909088 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 304784 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 26 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 304784 (F2) Unknown 100 100 112373 (F9) Unknown 100 100 17263	60.9% Good	Read 476 Write 126 Mixed 187 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 11.8 109% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 22.8 33% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 634GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 174 3725 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3077 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2823 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 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	65.3% Good	Read 119 Write 109 Mixed 57.8 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.52 136% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 634GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 174 3691 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3016 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 457 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2784 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 28 (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	65.4% Good	Read 132 Write 95.8 Mixed 13 58% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.52 136% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 492GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 165 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7784 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 335 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48707 (C2) HDA temperature 123 113 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	48.9% Average	Read 90.1 Write 80.1 Mixed 43.2 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 67%

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 @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 77%

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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	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,200x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	390x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	319x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	164x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	146x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16