MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.7% 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	78.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 20:56
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 188 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 571 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Lighting 73.9 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 67.5 60% 73 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 73.6 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 51 100 819 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 568 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 26 (AA) Unknown 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 69 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1128 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 223338299428 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2188 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5387 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4406 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5178	78.8% Very good	Read 498 Write 351 Mixed 408 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 4.4 96% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 4.2 72% 170 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 86%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 109GB free Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 511 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 4 (A4) Unknown 100 100 22479 (A5) Unknown 100 100 62 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2881 (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 100 100 468 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 93979 (F2) Unknown 100 100 151599 (F5) Unknown 100 100 179832	75.6% Very good	Read 511 Write 285 Mixed 363 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 20.2 119% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 68.6 51% 65.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 99%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 178 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2378 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 952 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7566 (C2) HDA temperature 122 114 28 (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	80.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 134 Mixed 131 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.26 104% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 883GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3698 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1598 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3521 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 32 (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 1	76.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 125 Mixed 125 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.35 128% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,365x
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 i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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