MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	83.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 03 '18 at 17:45
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 101 2-Core 183 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 423 47% 371 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23581 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2634 (B1) Unknown 77 77 276 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 35 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 366 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64765855099	83.3% Excellent	Read 492 Write 347 Mixed 338 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 19.5 111% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 18.3 70% 155 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 91GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 81 154163847 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 894949608 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4603 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 34 857210925 (C2) HDA temperature 45 66 51539607597 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 54 154911854 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	46.5% Average	Read 73.4 Write 88.5 Mixed 82.3 61% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.38 84% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 54%
Maxtor 6L250S0 251GB-$46 928 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 33GB free Firmware: BACE1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 179 169 18788 (04) Start/Stop count 247 247 13616 (05) Reallocated sector count 250 237 40 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 247 240 65479 (09) Power-on hours count 143 143 63327 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 240 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 234 234 7521 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 253 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 6808 (C4) Reallocation count 58 58 195 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 241 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 554 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 86 111 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 134 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 240 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 147 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	19.1% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 36.8 Mixed 35.5 26% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.55 121% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 85%

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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	1,203x
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	310x

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 $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16