MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.9% 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	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '16 at 15:05
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 604 66% 523 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 62.1 Parallax 86.6 56% 72.7 fps	MRender 60.7 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 79.6 55% 65.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 46GB free Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^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 7908 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1805 (B1) Unknown 100 100 128310 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1719 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 202894 (F2) Unknown 100 100 313870	104% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 428 Mixed 450 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 38.9 147% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 99.7 121% 213 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4885 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1882 (B1) Unknown 93 93 74 (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 64 60 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 119 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17557608272	71.4% Very good	Read 468 Write 274 Mixed 291 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 17.7 115% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 78.9 DQ Mixed 64.4 47% 60.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124533800 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1903 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5642344 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1829 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 65 555614241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1737 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 69297 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 47244640289 (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 60249801236367 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9981066468859 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25882801350619	89.8% Excellent	Read 127 Write 187 Mixed 112 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.37 97% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 114%
WD Red 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$151 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 889GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 177 1891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1131 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1069 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6057 (C2) HDA temperature 117 113 30 (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	55.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 88.6 Mixed 99.9 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 87%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,005 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,365x
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 $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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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