MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.1% 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	98.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '16 at 07:48
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 662 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.1% Average	Lighting 54.7 Reflection 63.1 Parallax 51.2 45% 56.3 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 54.7 Splatting 60.6 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14575 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 289 (B1) Unknown 98 98 112 (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 67 48 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47835219606	98.7% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 330 Mixed 400 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 26.7 152% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 151 150% 243 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 406GB free Firmware: 20.04F20 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 10 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1208 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10909 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1160 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 358 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10768 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 28485423 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 293 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 293 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 198 198 292	51% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 78 Mixed 99.6 70% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.47 114% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 371GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 163 6675 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4371 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1018 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 185528 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 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	62.8% Good	Read 104 Write 114 Mixed 103 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.26 102% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 67%
WD Se 4TB-$90 2,519 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 12GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 140 11650 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5378 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5158 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 114 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.26 118% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-1600 2x4GB 618 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%

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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