MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	139% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 10:42
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 712 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 204 Parallax 198 163% 200 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 192 Splatting 129 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15099665 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 30245159709750 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2421 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 295 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 34362884125 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15099665 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15099665 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15099665 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27695 (EA) Unknown 0 0 32974 (F1) Unknown 0 0 32974 (F2) Unknown 0 0 69458	66.6% Good	Read 480 Write 200 Mixed 272 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 15 83% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 73.9 101% 185 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 91%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2245 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 499 (B1) Unknown 97 97 11 (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 71 46 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8806447393	80.8% Excellent	Read 464 Write 261 Mixed 273 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 29.2 113% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 68.9 103% 199 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 123%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 161 6891 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 434 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11904 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 148 Mixed 137 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.17 95% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 724GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88829584 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1192 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 60299512944 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3551 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 98 60130787358 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 471203865 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49041 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 47244640281 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54958401511424 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -64418766710833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -50796737097292	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 187 Mixed 180 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.38 118% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 72%

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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 $127Bench 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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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

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