MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


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 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.4% 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	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '16 at 14:08
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 424 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.4% Below average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 56.8 35% 43.1 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 37.1 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingmax 240GB 240GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 95GB free Firmware: M1009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 117244017259856 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 38 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 1013614903320 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18894 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14898 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14898 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21069	44.9% Average	Read 165 Write 151 Mixed 118 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 7.35 80% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 36.7 58% 110 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4298342228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10385230922278 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 49 77312622617 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 77312622617 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4298342228 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 4298342228 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 4298342228 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 107374182400 (E9) Unknown 0 0 830 (EA) Unknown 0 0 524 (F1) Unknown 0 0 524 (F2) Unknown 0 0 471 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1310725	58.6% Above average	Read 476 Write 119 Mixed 175 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 11.6 105% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 23.4 28% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 304GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210610889 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5063 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 12983175517 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1264 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 68720992567 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 53 353632277 (C2) HDA temperature 21 47 34359738389 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 23 210610889 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 8378 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23098334091456 (F1) Unknown 100 253 560771849 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3274678862	64.9% Good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 97.3 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1333EL Series 2x4GB 878 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

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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	1,366x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,199x
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	146x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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