MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 06:46
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 477 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 67.8 65% 75 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 73.3 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 381GB free Firmware: MN6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34388246965 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7090 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 38045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2954 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7457 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7457 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 253403725861 (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 200 200 0	68% Good	Read 116 Write 121 Mixed 108 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.41 105% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222507248 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4761364123 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1478 (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 68 46 537853984 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15490 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 38654705696 (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 71034464128863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51328384089 (F2) Unknown 100 253 105967701776	87.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 145 Mixed 141 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 283GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114522073 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 152497760 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3616 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 36 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 73552298016 (C2) HDA temperature 32 56 34359738400 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 23 114522073 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 27 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 51754355960082 (F1) Unknown 100 253 311482660 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2880158154	65.1% Good	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 97.8 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.61 134% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 25.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 79%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,004 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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