MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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	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 10 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 20:00
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 470 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2105 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 125 Parallax 119 98% 122 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 107 Splatting 105 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12077 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1743 (B1) Unknown 95 95 95 (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 62 49 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 72 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34120961372	106% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 420 Mixed 346 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 35.7 167% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 52 84% 162 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 56GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 189609240 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2518 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 86196728 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1727 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 59 622460964 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2731 (C2) HDA temperature 36 14 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 189609240 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 12378095758408 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22680456665 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28438229355	70.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 119 Mixed 84.5 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 63GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7424 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13294 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48349 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5481 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 222910 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 1441792 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 30 (C2) HDA temperature 160 88 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 222910 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 3	34.3% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 65.8 Mixed 52.3 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 65%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

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	1,384x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,218x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	394x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	324x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	166x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	148x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	147x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	86x
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: 64% - Good

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359