MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.6% 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	63.3% 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 06:12
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 711 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.9% 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)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 123 Parallax 108 98% 117 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 105 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 42GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 140677358839438 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (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 26 37 77311836186 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 364 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 151434 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 22 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 151434 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21917 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22533	75.6% Very good	Read 503 Write 260 Mixed 248 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 18.5 131% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 51.7 DQ Mixed 15.8 19% 33 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 91%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -29197186749911 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 167 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 112 112 58685976 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 167 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 312261 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 27 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 312261 (F2) Unknown 100 100 119064 (F9) Unknown 100 100 17694	63.3% Good	Read 488 Write 125 Mixed 174 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 17 122% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 23.5 DQ Mixed 12.9 13% 20.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.3% 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 (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 174 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3093 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2837 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 31 (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	62.1% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 9.77 54% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.47 133% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.1% 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 182 174 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3031 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49174 (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 200 200 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2797 (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	64.9% Good	Read 121 Write 105 Mixed 61.3 71% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.49 135% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.9% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 165 6375 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7820 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 46885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48928 (C2) HDA temperature 122 113 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	61.2% Good	Read 134 Write 79.4 Mixed 28.3 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.2% 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 (93^rd percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 77%

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Gaming 56%

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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