MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.1% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 19:17
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 728 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 78 Parallax 67.2 62% 73.6 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 70.7 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -123609157872860 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3887 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2586 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 109 109 22170060 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2586 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 539124 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 539124 (F2) Unknown 100 100 518505 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16410	76.1% Very good	Read 495 Write 137 Mixed 213 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 19.9 138% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 52.4 76% 142 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 6225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 970 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 386 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13051 (C2) HDA temperature 120 93 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.6% Very good	Read 139 Write 138 Mixed 133 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 159GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 128 128 128 (03) Spinup time 125 125 38684393936 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9077 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4735 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12676 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12676 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 240518627362 (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	37.2% Below average	Read 70.6 Write 58.8 Mixed 79.8 53% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 42GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76704944 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4694 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28876741 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4032 (B7) Unknown 92 92 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 4833148960 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1039 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52657 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -37808597098958 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12243173087 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21488505098	103% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 169 Mixed 149 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 6GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 66.7 Write 20 Mixed 26.7 40% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.64 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.04 38% 3.24 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5173QH0-CK0 M378B5173BH0-CH9 16GB 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.9% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns

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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	1,199x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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