MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 03:06
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 185 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 358 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 60.6 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 57.3 49% 60.5 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 51.8 48% 59.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 6GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 28222110 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -65085934391897 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2321 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 151 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 35 1009319608349 (C2) HDA temperature 29 35 1009319608349 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 28222110 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 28222110 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 28222110 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22942 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20779 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20779 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12339	39% Below average	Read 151 Write 82.2 Mixed 100 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 12.2 83% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 76.8 DQ Write 97 DQ Mixed 24.7 36% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 73%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 72752827 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 124021475674266 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3820 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 145 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 25773408288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 72752827 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 72752827 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 72752827 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21653 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17918 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17918 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37204	58.7% Above average	Read 483 Write 109 Mixed 156 54% 249 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 12.4 101% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 12.5 31% 61.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 463GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8608 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2885 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10025 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 34 (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 200 200 0	49.3% Average	Read 94.9 Write 76.4 Mixed 74.8 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.32 122% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 85%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 74GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7360 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14746 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16069 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5256 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1245534 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 26 (C2) HDA temperature 160 112 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 735735 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 89 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 98 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 17	31.1% Below average	Read 49.7 Write 58.6 Mixed 46.3 39% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.34 77% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.8% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 62%

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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	1,365x
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 $129Bench 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