MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.8% 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	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	28 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 14:59
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Memory 89.5 1-Core 29.8 2-Core 75.2 45% 64.8 Pts	4-Core 90.7 8-Core 307 22% 199 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) CLim: 977 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 57.8 Parallax 77.4 23% 54.7 fps	MRender 57.6 Gravity 51.8 Splatting 73.3 51% 60.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10454 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2026 (B1) Unknown 96 96 40 (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 41 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 208 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27945540189	72.7% Very good	Read 495 Write 343 Mixed 353 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 19.2 84% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 33.7 57% 115 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 118%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 573GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 156 152 5191 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7284 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5030 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 606 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7273 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 71 71 21528 (F1) Unknown 200 200 18890300363 (F2) Unknown 200 200 60786740999	61.4% Good	Read 112 Write 102 Mixed 98.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.5 131% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 107GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3063 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2116 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2900 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 33 (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	90% Excellent	Read 163 Write 151 Mixed 139 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.28 120% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan-1600 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 8.3 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 61%

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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	1,369x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,202x
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	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16