MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '17 at 05:44
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 411 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 161 Parallax 155 133% 160 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 144 Splatting 117 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4352 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 126 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2581 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 54 197569413145 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17562963917 (F7) Unknown 100 100 549534648 (F8) Unknown 100 100 801629680	103% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 386 Mixed 407 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 35.7 152% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 63.7 106% 206 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 485GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 286GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 136 Write 99.1 Mixed 125 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.49 95% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 71%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 172GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	182% Outstanding	Read 331 Write 302 Mixed 174 199% 269 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.54 264% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 182%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 397 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 130GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 91.1 127% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.35 85% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.1% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,015 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,201x
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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16