MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.4% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 10:56
Run Duration	343 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 238 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 466 63% 467 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 163 Parallax 154 132% 160 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 150 Splatting 114 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4356 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 214 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 128 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2581 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 54 197569413151 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17963569900 (F7) Unknown 100 100 562117412 (F8) Unknown 100 100 807026805	99.4% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 398 Mixed 416 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 35.4 150% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 39.4 74% 144 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 113%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 485GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 277GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 111 Write 135 Mixed 111 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.48 102% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 71%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 163GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	181% Outstanding	Read 336 Write 296 Mixed 209 208% 280 MB/s	4K Read 4.02 4K Write 3.46 4K Mixed 0.71 311% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 182%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 21 Write 2.77 Mixed 4.71 9% 9.51 MB/s	4K Read 5.79 64% 5.79 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.5% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.8 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 66%

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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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,388x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,221x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	324x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	318x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	313x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	166x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	149x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	147x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	86x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406