MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


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 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.9% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 22:18
Run Duration	459 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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 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 (96^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 538 60% 471 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 56 38% 48.6 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 39.8 40% 50 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2649 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1841 (B1) Unknown 94 94 113 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 49 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 57635585161	112% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 409 Mixed 415 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 48.3 174% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 109 130% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion 3TB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free Firmware: 0708 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 85.8 Mixed 61.6 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 4.44 4K Mixed 0.45 170% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 81 59655219 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5892 (05) Reallocated sector count 72 72 37184 (07) Seek error rate 45 45 4093144763605 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4517 (B7) Unknown 90 90 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 26989 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8596029556 (BD) vendor-specific 68 68 32 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 4782882845 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52905 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 103066330206064 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -81929126793127 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -20281424200027	11.9% Very poor	Read 12.3 Write 29.4 Mixed 24.5 17% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.05 13% 0.11 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 58GB free Firmware: A39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 103 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897550530 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7950 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5604 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11326 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11326 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 292058300443 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	46.4% Average	Read 88.1 Write 73.9 Mixed 88.3 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.32 70% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 74%
Intenso Speed Line 16GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 15GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 16.3 Mixed 5.86 20% 19 MB/s	4K Read 5.79 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 0.14 35% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 25%
1,995 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 11GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Read 15.6 Write 4.2 Mixed 6.27 9% 8.68 MB/s	4K Read 2.57 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 10% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 63%

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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	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,200x
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	147x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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