MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.2% 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	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 16:28
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 222 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 450 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 228F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 61.2 Parallax 78.1 54% 68.7 fps	MRender 60.7 Gravity 54.8 Splatting 76.7 54% 64.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9611 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 982 (B1) Unknown 96 96 70 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 82 82 17345 (EB) Unknown 99 99 131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28427092207	50.9% Above average	Read 254 Write 262 Mixed 220 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 18.7 74% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 19 23% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 124%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 832GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 150 7133 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13244 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 25 25 54990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2745 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13000 (C2) HDA temperature 125 91 25 (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
Poor: 26% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8A-PB HMT451U6AFR8A-PB Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6K1 Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6K1 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 17.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,010 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 $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 $273	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 $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