MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.9% 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	80.8% 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	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 9 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '16 at 02:10
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 589 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 40.3 Parallax 51.5 36% 45.4 fps	MRender 56.2 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 37.2 35% 44 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 1598 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 357 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 83 83 530 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 60 171798691861 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 83 83 17 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 110861861156 (F7) Unknown 100 100 35679233 (F8) Unknown 100 100 593750816	80.8% Excellent	Read 487 Write 267 Mixed 350 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 27.4 124% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 48.1 68% 129 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 91%
Toshib DT01ACA300 3TB 168 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 938GB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 77 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387263908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 321 (05) Reallocated sector count 70 70 404 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 214 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 382 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 382 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 184684445725 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 4032 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 126 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 108%
Maxtor STM3500320AS 500GB 5,105 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 211GB free Firmware: MX15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37421883 (03) Spinup time 93 77 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4462 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 143 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 228448961324 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 44109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 32 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3156 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 98 236226805832 (BD) vendor-specific 42 42 58 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 487587866 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 8589934618 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 17 37421883 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	52.6% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 94.7 Mixed 92.1 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.45 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 134GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181219856 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 97790466 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 487915545 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5731 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 47244640281 (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 1627792619986 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38061600294 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54431176349	74.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 119 Mixed 113 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.32 72% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 70%

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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	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,201x
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 $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 $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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16