MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	45.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 14:51
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 633 68% 539 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% HP(103C 82FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 108 Parallax 93.7 81% 101 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 93.7 76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,365 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM08D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6975 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 561 (AF) Unknown 99 99 2 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B2) Unknown 78 78 428 (B3) Unknown 80 80 778 (B4) Unknown 80 80 3254 (B5) Unknown 99 99 2 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 78 78 1588 (F1) Unknown 29 29 3041178038 (F2) Unknown 17 17 3584139167	45.4% Average	Read 250 Write 240 Mixed 217 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 10.3 66% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 16.2 DQ Write 59.7 DQ Mixed 9.88 16% 28.6 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 50%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223601032 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 51 1198336752035 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2613 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 4850647073 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 713 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40627 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -5690831664378 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19569908329458 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74325798550720	74.8% Very good	Read 90 Write 171 Mixed 111 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,011 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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 $178	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) $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