MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '17 at 19:15
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 370 46% 352 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th 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 4099 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (64) Unknown 100 100 8845632 (65) Unknown 100 100 1117024 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 2632 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1388 (B7) Unknown 98 98 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 206159740962 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 93 93 7 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16132 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6285 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10523 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20435 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	55.3% Above average	Read 461 Write 252 Mixed 257 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 32.4 4K Mixed 6.6 64% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 23.5 35% 61.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 88%
Toshiba E300 3TB-$116 1,216 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 159GB free Firmware: MZ6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 144 144 84 (03) Spinup time 148 148 4318888314 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 61 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 198 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 206160003113 (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 200 200 63	43.3% Average	Read 69.2 Write 81.4 Mixed 87.4 60% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 87%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 99GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 151 151 34383987077 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 468 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1084 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1084 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 184684904483 (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 200 200 298	95.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 163 Mixed 144 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 166 4541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 982 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 970 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32836 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 31 (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	68.9% Good	Read 133 Write 107 Mixed 109 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 84%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 94GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 34 Mixed 20.3 37% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.12 55% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA MD04ACA400 2TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 28GB free, PID 0400 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 164 Write 153 Mixed 83.9 163% 133 MB/s	4K Read 3.93 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.29 103% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 65%
TOSHIBA MD04ACA400 2TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 10GB free, PID 0400 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 77.8 Write 74.5 Mixed 77 98% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.61 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 76%

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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	1,367x
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	146x
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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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 $45	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