MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28% 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	94% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '16 at 14:31
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 220 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 586 64% 505 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2401.1002 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 32 Parallax 42.8 29% 36.8 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 36.6 26% 31.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1880 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 386 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (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 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30397499585	94% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 397 Mixed 415 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 35.2 141% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 80.2 DQ Mixed 58.4 71% 130 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 962GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1595 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6780 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6780 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 167504511007 (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 0	87.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 158 Mixed 155 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.24 113% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 104GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 70 8863 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2922 (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 11779 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 98 98 2724 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2927 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 163209347103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 34 (DF) Load/unload retry count 98 98 2724 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 36136	56% Above average	Read 105 Write 90.3 Mixed 117 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.43 114% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan-2133 0423 Vulcan-2133 0215 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 0215 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2133, 2133, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 51%

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Gaming 56%

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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	1,370x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,203x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16