MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.2% 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	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (81%). 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	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 18:48
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	81%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 214 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 599 59% 484 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% MSI(1462 3050) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 45 28% 36.7 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 35.9 26% 30.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5971 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2253 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22185310690	68.1% Good	Read 492 Write 358 Mixed 390 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 10.9 64% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 30 DQ Mixed 11 51% 123 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 42GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4636043 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -25116968738280 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3247 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 165 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 43 64427327514 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 64427327514 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4636043 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4636043 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4636043 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6014 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3246 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3246 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8082	76.5% Very good	Read 502 Write 245 Mixed 284 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 19.8 107% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 55.9 87% 168 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 94%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 126GB free Firmware: SD23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31843526 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 252704494 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 6068 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032841 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 492 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 538050592 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 26 31843526 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	53.6% Above average	Read 86.9 Write 100 Mixed 92.8 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 65%
Corsair Voyager 3.0 64GB 249 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 41GB free, PID 1a03 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 118 Write 75.4 Mixed 76.1 107% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.87 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.47 46% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 62%

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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	1,366x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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