MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	15.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 19:21
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 468 63% 470 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 82.9 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 70.2 68% 78.3 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 76.9 62% 75.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 293GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 407 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2784 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 630 (64) Unknown 100 100 2297216 (65) Unknown 100 100 576448 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 348 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2676 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 180389281818 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 407 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 407 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4188 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2880 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3550 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6332 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 407	70.1% Very good	Read 491 Write 264 Mixed 138 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 12.1 92% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 74.8 DQ Mixed 25.9 59% 129 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 92%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23587714 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -135892765233524 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2536 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 122 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 42952884253 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23587714 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23587714 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23587714 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32820 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24239 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24239 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17080	79.3% Very good	Read 491 Write 223 Mixed 271 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 20 131% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 61.8 79% 144 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 167 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3714 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2522 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 231611 (C2) HDA temperature 122 99 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	86.6% Excellent	Read 161 Write 141 Mixed 133 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.26 105% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.2% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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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	1,200x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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