MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21% 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	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). 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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 20:02
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 380 52% 388 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8423) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 24.7 Reflection 23.8 Parallax 30.9 20% 26.5 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 27.2 Splatting 24.7 23% 28.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11453283 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 71322226923351 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4209 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 175 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 41 77312098331 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 77312098331 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11453283 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11453283 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11453283 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10128 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6229 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6229 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12512	59.8% Above average	Read 412 Write 169 Mixed 225 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 14.6 105% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 90.6 DQ Mixed 23.1 29% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18345272 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 80882673 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5576 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 150326149162 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 132 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 638844966 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10509 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 55834574886 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.3% Good	Read 119 Write 122 Mixed 129 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 1,987 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 80%

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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	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,199x
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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Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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