MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.3% 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	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 14:07
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 196 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 361 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 397 24% 397 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 61.8 58% 67.4 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 54.3 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 416GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 53 50 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 216746596	105% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 367 Mixed 413 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 45.7 157% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 131 146% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8719719750 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20804821586951 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1153 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 53 55838048306 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 112 112 8719719750 (C4) Reallocation count 88 88 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 112 112 8719719750 (CC) Soft ECC correction 112 112 8719719750 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 12884901888 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12106 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10418 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10418 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16730	42.5% Average	Read 314 Write 105 Mixed 139 40% 186 MB/s	4K Read 6.83 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 9.77 70% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 17.9 30% 55.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 80%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 240GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 84 1 5150 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5856 (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 17325 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3226 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 53 201864249382 (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 100 100 72 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5884	62.5% Good	Read 106 Write 112 Mixed 97.6 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.54 126% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 77%
SanDisk Ultra USB 2.0 32GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 29GB free, PID 556c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	5.12% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 5.63 Mixed 8.36 12% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.28 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.06 13% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.12% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 56%

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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 $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 $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