MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 15:58
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 477 62% 469 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 76.3 61% 76.3 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 71 Splatting 70.8 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150 2,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6445 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1792 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 219 (AE) Unknown 100 100 104 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 730 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1662 (F1) Unknown 100 100 45604385146 (F2) Unknown 100 100 36668433062	45.4% Average	Read 449 Write 253 Mixed 256 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 6.21 38% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 6.12 9% 17.4 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 150GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 126431522 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1908 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18485041 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2934 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 875 (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 79 61 353566741 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1924 (C2) HDA temperature 21 10 42949672981 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 126431522 (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 31001073944720 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5691552881 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6174105269	84.9% Excellent	Read 157 Write 139 Mixed 136 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.35 91% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTE541010A9E680 1TB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 142GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4953 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 8611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2372 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 448 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10035 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 188979216404 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 113 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	38.7% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 70.1 Mixed 67.7 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.18 59% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 26.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 25.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.1% 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	1,364x
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