MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.8% 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	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 03:40
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 189 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 505 53% 423 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.8% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 23.4 20% 25.8 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 25 Splatting 32.6 25% 29.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6298 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2565 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1065312716938 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 45 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 45 193274773539 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622909302278 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2520 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11482 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9250 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5718 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.2% Very good	Read 445 Write 306 Mixed 281 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 20.5 105% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 48.4 88% 176 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 93%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 653GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 179 5633 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12597 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4618 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12469 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 38 (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	60.8% Good	Read 111 Write 101 Mixed 78.5 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.16 51% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 82%
Seagate ST640LM000 HM641JI 640GB 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 529GB free Firmware: 2AJ10003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 204 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 88 3416 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3713 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7683 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 580 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3063 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 197 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 39 261994250270 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 40222 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 144510 (C2) HDA temperature 64 39 261994250270 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3914	53.6% Above average	Read 92 Write 95.1 Mixed 90.8 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.27 70% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 50%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 421GB free Firmware: AP63 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 79 9912219 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3804 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 223130047 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1645 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5798 (BC) Unknown 100 95 14 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 40 20032383352870 (C2) HDA temperature 38 60 85899345958 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 27 9912219 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67% Good	Read 115 Write 119 Mixed 100 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.32 78% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 68%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 88GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 133 Mixed 97.1 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.25 87% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,383 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 72%

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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	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,199x
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	146x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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