MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.1% 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	90.1% 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '18 at 08:59
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 576 56% 460 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 108 Parallax 108 85% 107 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 87.9 74% 91.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6191 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 32 (B1) Unknown 97 97 61 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19007456384	90.1% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 404 Mixed 405 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 25.2 144% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 103 68% 79.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 43 (03) Spinup time 172 168 6383 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4942 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 886541 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 33 (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	77.8% Very good	Read 140 Write 131 Mixed 132 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.28 109% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 513GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131912136 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 47406842941 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 44827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1144 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12887916599 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 655949858 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 16 131912136 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 120718645825107 (F1) Unknown 100 253 620996510 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1292018966	59.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 97.9 Mixed 94.8 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.45 103% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 245GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11899 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 291 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 356053 (C2) HDA temperature 116 110 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	67.7% Good	Read 130 Write 106 Mixed 83.7 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 130GB free Firmware: CR100-12 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 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8064 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12894 (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 28661 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 404739 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 65536 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 31 (C2) HDA temperature 139 121 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 404739 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 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 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 7	43.7% Average	Read 73 Write 79.4 Mixed 60.5 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.37 87% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.7% 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 (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.2% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 10.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 62%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

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) $30	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