MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% 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	108% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 22:30
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 411 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 66.8 55% 67 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 57.4 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 99 822 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 98 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6439302210	108% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 414 Mixed 420 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 29.5 163% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 28.7 102% 227 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
OCZ VERTEX2 240GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 121GB free Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2597474 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -39058432562077 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4887 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 928 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 99 99 2597474 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 57664 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20864 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20864 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22848	43.7% Average	Read 260 Write 80.3 Mixed 130 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 15 90% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 9.04 18% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 78%
Samsung HN-M500MBB 500GB-$80 4,322 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 310GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2348 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 85 2867 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6204 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7337 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 273 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6300 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7141306 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2187 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 231929413666 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2981 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 84343 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 231929413666 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3980	51.8% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 91.8 Mixed 85.2 67% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.26 79% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 60%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 873GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2276 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1991 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 598 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1677 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 36 (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	48.7% Average	Read 90.7 Write 78.7 Mixed 83.1 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2400 4x4GB 268 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 29.1 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 26 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 89%

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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	1,200x
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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Value: 92% - Outstanding

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