MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.6% 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	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 16:27
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 496 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E210) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 48 31% 38 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 35.6 Splatting 34 26% 31.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 35059 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 664 (B1) Unknown 88 88 429 (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 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51414126262	65.6% Good	Read 502 Write 308 Mixed 157 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 15.8 77% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 59 DQ Mixed 35.8 40% 69.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 73GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 96 179004947 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2496 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 140018530 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 651 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 286 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12886671388 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 538050591 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 21474836511 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 24 179004947 (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 118833155180565 (F1) Unknown 100 253 169327965 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3774558650	48.6% Average	Read 101 Write 68.3 Mixed 72.6 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 14GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7064 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 54486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1266 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6739 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.8% Average	Read 66.4 Write 75.5 Mixed 77.5 55% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 61%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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