MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.6% 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	36% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 09:27
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 363 49% 364 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 29.9 20% 27.8 fps	MRender 22.5 Gravity 24.3 Splatting 21 18% 22.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9381 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1446 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 166 (AE) Unknown 100 100 664 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 553 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1075 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14349381934 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15318312897	36% Below average	Read 425 Write 118 Mixed 154 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 5.22 38% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 8.59 DQ Mixed 6.42 9% 17.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 48%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 786GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 458755 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 81 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960695 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2862 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3738 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3738 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 188979281950 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 17 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	91.6% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 160 Mixed 166 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 1x8GB 1,130 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 35%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,004 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	1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,198x
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	145x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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