MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.2% 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	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 (21%). 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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 21:26
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 192 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 569 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.4 95% 111 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q 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 96 96 17231 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1184 (B1) Unknown 85 85 178 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 76 54 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 99947517074	85.2% Excellent	Read 498 Write 343 Mixed 347 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 24 131% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 43.1 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 22 49% 95 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 124GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7933 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 783 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 81 56 19 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10865827058	102% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 404 Mixed 412 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 26.4 150% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 118 138% 241 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34386608542 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8319 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 30 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2124 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8321 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 197568823318 (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	37.4% Below average	Read 64 Write 66.4 Mixed 57.1 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 73%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 139GB free Firmware: GM3OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 127 127 166 (03) Spinup time 118 118 30086136134 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6301 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 54021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2675 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7094 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7094 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 223338627095 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	39.2% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 69.2 Mixed 69.5 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 46%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 11GB free Firmware: ML6OAA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 138 138 34385625487 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7978 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 30 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1855 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8359 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8359 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 201863790613 (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	42.5% Average	Read 69.7 Write 78.2 Mixed 76.9 57% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1400, 1400, 1400, 1400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 70%

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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	1,371x
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