MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '17 at 19:01
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 187 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 354 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 2761) 3GB CLim: 840 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.1% Poor	Lighting 37.5 Reflection 27.1 Parallax 46.2 31% 37 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 34.9 Splatting 33.9 26% 31.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 16 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (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 71 67 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 441225993	89.2% Excellent	Read 509 Write 387 Mixed 414 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 31.1 142% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 19.4 27% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 544GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 63 25853995 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19951486 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (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 73 67 555221019 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 27 18 77309411355 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 25853995 (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 -136296492171021 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4799070585 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10551201865	89.2% Excellent	Read 166 Write 145 Mixed 140 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 544GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 172297208 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17440526 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (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 73 67 504889371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 27 19 81604378651 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 172297208 (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 -29167122906912 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12446993868 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2390524312	85% Excellent	Read 175 Write 122 Mixed 110 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.27 91% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 113%
WDC WD10 EADS-65P6B0 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 154GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.9% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 34.6 Mixed 35.8 46% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 791 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.3 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 22 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 77%

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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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Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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