MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	43.6% 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	91.9% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 18:56
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 449 58% 440 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.6% Average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 68 Parallax 68.7 42% 62.8 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 45.7 Splatting 56.4 46% 57 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10440 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2794 (B1) Unknown 92 1 95 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 89 89 10807 (EB) Unknown 99 99 718 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29319155463	91.9% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 340 Mixed 334 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 24 135% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 59.6 102% 202 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 204GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41431200 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 43094157688 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3108 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 43706220583 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 663 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 103385 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 -140737488355289 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -113369956736800 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39600549347 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66529941405	94.4% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 138 Mixed 160 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.35 92% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-17000CL9-4GBXM KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 2133, 1600, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

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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	1,388x
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 $100Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $166	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353