MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '16 at 22:25
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 392 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 0865) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.4 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 12.9 12% 14.7 fps	MRender 20.5 Gravity 15 Splatting 17 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^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 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 134 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4644 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (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 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6118 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5696 (F5) Unknown 100 100 9288	67% Good	Read 487 Write 200 Mixed 237 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 12.7 91% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 12.9 63% 144 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 91%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 413GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 83.2 Write 74.8 Mixed 72.3 58% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.32 72% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 66%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 126GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 74 Write 64.7 Mixed 52.9 79% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT25664BA1339.M8FR 4GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 51%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,015 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,367x
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 $75Bench 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) $37	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