MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.2% 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	107% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 23:36
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$62 128,482 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 (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 336 51% 371 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (70 fps cap detected)	57.2% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 61.3 57% 66.9 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 70.6 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 18951 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 320 (A9) Unknown 100 100 559 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 172 (AE) Unknown 100 100 310 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 59 253404119070 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1353 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 45016 (F1) Unknown 253 253 21433 (F2) Unknown 253 253 31774 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 479 Mixed 465 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 29.3 145% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 65 123% 246 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 65GB free Firmware: DXM06H6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1692 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 108 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4576 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 9 (AE) Unknown 99 99 47 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 28 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	92.8% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 274 Mixed 355 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 28.7 144% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 85.3 120% 224 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 108%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 45GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8451 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 860 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 248 (AE) Unknown 100 100 533 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 55 197567774748 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14898421586 (F7) Unknown 100 100 18521180 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3446638487	87.9% Excellent	Read 495 Write 268 Mixed 344 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 29.6 130% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 49.4 101% 205 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 778GB free Firmware: HP33 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 89 168426320 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 216 (07) Seek error rate 56 53 2985327904013 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1460 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1456811255 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 53 53 47 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098370 (BD) vendor-specific 59 59 41 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 504496157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 89711 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 47244640285 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 216 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 148 Mixed 152 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.34 94% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2133 2x4GB 609 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.8% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.7 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 13 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 74%

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

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

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