MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.4% 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	35.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 23:57
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 394 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 68.6 56% 69.2 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 63.8 Splatting 56 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1647 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1073 (A6) Unknown 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 240 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 43 184684052518 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3324340863750 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2982 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8182 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2687 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5803 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	35.8% Below average	Read 493 Write 35.8 Mixed 176 50% 235 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 1.99 37% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 60.1 DQ Mixed 7.6 26% 58.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 56%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 8GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897681601 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 29 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2815 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1293 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 176094576673 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	49.7% Average	Read 99.1 Write 74 Mixed 90.2 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.32 83% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 11,204 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 9.9 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 35%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,005 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,365x
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: 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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