MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.9% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	6.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 21:47
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 382 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 40 Parallax 53.3 36% 45.6 fps	MRender 55.3 Gravity 50.8 Splatting 37.2 38% 47.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 119GB free Firmware: EMT03D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 368 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 67 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 387 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6856507062 (F2) Unknown 99 99 7670304124	83.3% Excellent	Read 500 Write 151 Mixed 231 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 30.7 142% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 81 107% 199 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th 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 16563 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 73 73 817 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 51 210453397530 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 73 73 27 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 60218025288 (F7) Unknown 100 100 956691444 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2417279536	83.9% Excellent	Read 489 Write 274 Mixed 353 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 28.2 117% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 52.2 100% 201 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 524GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225752128 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3297 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73615076 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 72 72 28 (BE) vendor-specific 68 43 198106939424 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 223156 (C2) HDA temperature 32 57 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 40394167433248 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19343971839 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31349692658	73.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 111 Mixed 137 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 265GB free Firmware: SD22 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124834975 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46786701 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2013 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 46 487915548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 332322 (C2) HDA temperature 28 54 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 33 124834975 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	55.3% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 101 Mixed 97.5 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBSR Micron 8KTF51264AZ-1G6E1 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 12GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.3% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns

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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	1,365x
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 $129Bench 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 $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) $35	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