MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.3% 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	35.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 22:25
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	MUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$51 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 412 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 61.5 Parallax 95.2 56% 75.3 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 60.6 Splatting 78.3 56% 66.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 115GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 153395524 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -88940182764707 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 14 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 54 103082754085 (C2) HDA temperature 37 54 103082754085 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 153395524 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 153395524 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 153395524 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 473 (EA) Unknown 0 0 253 (F1) Unknown 0 0 253 (F2) Unknown 0 0 859 (F4) Unknown 100 100 5046296	63.3% Good	Read 495 Write 165 Mixed 267 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 17.4 90% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 43.5 62% 113 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 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 95 95 156467724 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 -85581518310778 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 187 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 174 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 45 94492229669 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 94492229669 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 156467724 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 156467724 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 156467724 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25198 (EA) Unknown 0 0 32708 (F1) Unknown 0 0 32708 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10975	35.7% Below average	Read 155 Write 74.5 Mixed 75.5 22% 102 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 9.49 74% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 70.5 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 24.9 34% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 2x8GB 2,364 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,373x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,204x
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 $51Bench 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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Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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