MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 07:25
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 521 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB; CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 193 Parallax 182 143% 184 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 169 Splatting 122 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 49 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 57 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19213453
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 382 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 12 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262161 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 62 56 188979085350 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1189 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1146 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1715 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 17 (F6) Unknown 100 100 48700	52.7% Above average	Read 286 Write 264 Mixed 248 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 4.9 82% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 88.9 DQ Write 31.4 DQ Mixed 8.24 20% 42.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 123GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 116 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9590 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 1 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3479 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 874 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 91077 (C2) HDA temperature 112 89 31 (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	62.2% Good	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.27 116% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 85%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 2,997 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 13GB free, PID 558a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 19.4 Mixed 16.8 27% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.21 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.69 78% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 76%

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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	1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,198x
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	145x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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