MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


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 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.3% 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	84.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 20:16
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 708 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 62 41% 48.4 fps	MRender 31.9 Gravity 48.6 Splatting 41.3 34% 40.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 659GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 588 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11141262 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 48 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1175 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 125 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 60 257699086368 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 171799609384 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1187 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2927 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2557 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2519 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.1% Excellent	Read 501 Write 245 Mixed 219 70% 322 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 20.1 127% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 43.8 95% 200 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 107%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 705GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 166 5658 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12037 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6569 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1907 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 116 116 252757 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 98.5 Mixed 93.2 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 67%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 349GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 174 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3631 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 930 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6787 (C2) HDA temperature 121 106 29 (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	67.3% Good	Read 104 Write 131 Mixed 103 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 79%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,003 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

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 $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