MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	11.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	17.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 13:44
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 536 57% 454 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 78%

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: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 66.7 64% 73.6 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 73.3 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18795822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -1151051223718 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1677 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 39 1005024903190 (C2) HDA temperature 22 39 1005024903190 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18795822 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18795822 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18795822 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19920 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20254 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20254 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21435	76.5% Very good	Read 471 Write 242 Mixed 284 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 20.1 111% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 65 95% 176 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 135GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 65543 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 77 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698550 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6620 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 217 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19622 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2393 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8254 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 167504642073 (C4) Reallocation count 94 94 280 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.2% Good	Read 101 Write 123 Mixed 145 94% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 99%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 36GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 83 83 5970 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3068 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1524 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2546 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 72 319488019 (C2) HDA temperature 81 70 336265235 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 252446 (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 253 253 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	50.1% Above average	Read 80.5 Write 94 Mixed 85.1 65% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.3 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

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	1,376x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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