MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 10:58
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 476 64% 475 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 100% 117 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 108 Splatting 106 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7827 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2060 (B1) Unknown 97 97 50 (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 61 49 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21627828040
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 588GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134861360 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3183 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 46 42 1017919184392 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1610 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27767 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 25769803809 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 40686225197503 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18210265804 (F2) Unknown 100 253 798049059650	94.8% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 150 Mixed 169 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 435GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 27 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 63 9149 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8276 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24618 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7176 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 188979085348 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 25 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9013	80.9% Excellent	Read 135 Write 147 Mixed 131 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.43 135% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 203GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231627144 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4297 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 47 46 382255771877 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2875 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163907 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 588644387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33218 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 30064771107 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64866891077613 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13690288072 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47261994792	64.3% Good	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 106 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 114%
ST316081 2AS 160GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 29GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 69.4 Write 42.7 Mixed 41.3 60% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.38 56% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 4x4GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 65%

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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 $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