MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91% 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130619
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 21:44
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (97^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 613 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 145 Parallax 135 110% 138 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 126 Splatting 101 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 480GB-$400 512 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: M310 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 0 21477785638 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 257383 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9605 (F2) Unknown 100 100 28011 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	91% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 416 Mixed 313 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 29.1 111% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 16.6 89% 202 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 102%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 108GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3164 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 191 191 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 75 58 180389871641 (F1) Unknown 100 100 58411	71.8% Very good	Read 494 Write 340 Mixed 352 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 8.44 70% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 8.52 74% 175 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 964GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 56 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 44 38 17018 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 149 (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 18513 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (B5) Unknown 81 81 425332304 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 171798757399 (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 40 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 238	68% Good	Read 107 Write 130 Mixed 106 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.32 81% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 72%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 93.5 136% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.56 56% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 48%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 908GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 100 Write 116 Mixed 91.7 134% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.16 87% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 52%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 823GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 101 Write 91.9 Mixed 94.9 122% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 41%
ST375064 0AS 750GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 296GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 63.3 Write 57.4 Mixed 56.7 75% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.36 45% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 25%
ST350063 0AS 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 261GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 71.3 Write 70.8 Mixed 65.7 89% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.41 60% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 23.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 79%

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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	1,373x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,204x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	391x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	320x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16