MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.3% 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	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '16 at 12:27
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 194 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 398 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 23.9 Reflection 19 Parallax 22.4 20% 21.8 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 25.2 Splatting 18.8 19% 23.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6862249 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -2791728737461 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2022 (AB) Unknown 0 0 2 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 140 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 69 34364260379 (C2) HDA temperature 27 69 34364260379 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6862249 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6862249 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6862249 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6101 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6555 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6555 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7832	36.7% Below average	Read 162 Write 69.5 Mixed 91.1 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 10.4 80% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 50.3 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 20.6 29% 51.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 73%
Seagate ST31000322CS 1TB-$250 3,745 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 625GB free Firmware: CA13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16382947 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10749 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 642098890 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1135 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 554059235462 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 48 420413465 (C2) HDA temperature 25 52 51539607577 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 43 16382947 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 90.1 Mixed 25.9 53% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 62%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 34GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 189 3433 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3101 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1749 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2988 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 26 (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	28.3% Poor	Read 52 Write 46.4 Mixed 25.8 31% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 1,544 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.2% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 7.7 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 9.3 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 60%

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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 $127Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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