MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.1% 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	85% 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 18:43
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	87% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 471 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 111 92% 113 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4578 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1815 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1225104887	94.1% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 26.8 154% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 26.7 34% 58.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 124%
Asmedia ASMT1153e 120GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 65GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 408 Write 106 Mixed 135 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 8.05 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 11.3 46% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 36.8 DQ Mixed 6.43 10% 18.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 67%
Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 120GB-$91 661 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5214 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 788 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 65 38 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 269 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7605391827	85% Excellent	Read 498 Write 347 Mixed 336 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 20.3 129% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.1 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 20.2 52% 103 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 104%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2828 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 806 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2779 (C2) HDA temperature 119 104 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 123 Mixed 116 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.25 105% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 177 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2949 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 884 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6476 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.9% Good	Read 120 Write 96 Mixed 97.5 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.27 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 636GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 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 36 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 61 8796 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6060 (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 33567 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3183 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 184683200542 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 588 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6077	79.9% Very good	Read 122 Write 156 Mixed 114 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.52 129% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 63%

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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	1,200x
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	147x
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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16