MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.9% 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	87.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130619
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 01:00
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 211 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 554 60% 474 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan-$1,088 6,806 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Asus(1043 8451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.9% Average	Lighting 54.7 Reflection 48.9 Parallax 61.6 45% 55.1 fps	MRender 58.2 Gravity 52.4 Splatting 39.3 40% 50 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14069 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1912 (B1) Unknown 94 94 70 (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 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1032 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45056212794	87.5% Excellent	Read 489 Write 337 Mixed 350 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 22.6 118% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 80.9 115% 215 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14057 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1903 (B1) Unknown 96 96 40 (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 68 49 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1025 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18742854195	92.7% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 337 Mixed 343 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 26.7 135% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 83.1 114% 211 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 118%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 126GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 150 7458 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1929 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1908 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1029 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 138811 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 31 (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 0	52.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 76.5 Mixed 96.3 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 14GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 7966 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1533 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1282 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 105018 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 34 (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 0	35.4% Below average	Read 73.6 Write 49.9 Mixed 37.5 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.11 29% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 87%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 489GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 35.9 Mixed 14.7 35% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 44%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 50GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 38.4 Mixed 10.3 34% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.3 73% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 61%

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Gaming 56%

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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 $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