MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130818
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 19:19
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 208 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 552 55% 450 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan-$1,088 6,806 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Nvidia(10DE 1035) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1315 MHz, MLim: 1527 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.3% Below average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 43 Parallax 53.4 33% 45.7 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 45.3 42% 52.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136426800 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 977 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 474011186 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 605290531 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4158 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 73014444067 (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 -24966644877026 (F1) Unknown 100 253 75227004966 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66143843179	89.3% Excellent	Read 169 Write 142 Mixed 148 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 113%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 7GB free, PID 0718 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 26.2 Mixed 28.3 36% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.28 29% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,005 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