MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '16 at 10:47
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 (97^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 212 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 621 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3660) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.6% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 38.4 26% 34 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 26.9 26% 32.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BW240A4 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 101 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 100 90196934687 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 21870 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21870 (F2) Unknown 100 100 30257 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4784	64.5% Good	Read 484 Write 267 Mixed 300 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 21.8 70% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 93 DQ Mixed 57.5 68% 122 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 105%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 209GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -43044162238318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 36 68721836061 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 121573 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 121573 (F2) Unknown 100 100 143713 (F9) Unknown 100 100 10544	81.8% Excellent	Read 490 Write 259 Mixed 225 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 23.2 124% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 61.5 90% 169 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 4,251 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 56%

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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	1,369x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,202x
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	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16