MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.7% 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	84.5% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 00:51
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 634 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8537) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 43 Reflection 38.5 Parallax 33.6 35% 38.4 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11026 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1092 (B1) Unknown 94 94 67 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 85 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38611182360	84.5% Excellent	Read 507 Write 351 Mixed 354 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 22.5 137% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 80 DQ Mixed 21.6 28% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 118%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$38 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 375GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 739 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7185 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3415 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7010 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 28 (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 200 199 94	62% Good	Read 129 Write 87 Mixed 88.4 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.35 107% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 250GB-$59 3,786 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 158GB free Firmware: V44OA99A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 94 6 (02) Throughput performance 162 100 194 (03) Spinup time 117 100 21494497578 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10474 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4071 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11016 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11016 (C2) HDA temperature 183 90 261993463838 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	31.4% Below average	Read 55 Write 53.9 Mixed 55 41% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.7% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 84%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,371x
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	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16