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 (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40% 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	59% 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 05:49
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 551 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Black-$1,000 3,504 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Nvidia(10DE 1066) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40% Average	Lighting 48 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 68.3 39% 54 fps	MRender 59.2 Gravity 51.6 Splatting 44.8 42% 51.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 33GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3116608 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -6244882433448 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1854 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 230 (B1) Unknown 0 0 86 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 53 90197786658 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 90197786658 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3116608 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3116608 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3116608 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 78 78 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21479 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14970 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14970 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10781	54.7% Above average	Read 448 Write 69.4 Mixed 118 45% 212 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 13.8 105% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 13.1 22% 40 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 69%
Intel 520 Series 60GB 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -67027258703147 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 917 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 105 105 11911944 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 917 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2704683 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 39 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 82 82 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2704683 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1784447 (F9) Unknown 100 100 63034	59% Above average	Read 463 Write 78.7 Mixed 121 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 15.3 115% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 35.8 DQ Write 82.4 DQ Mixed 14.2 24% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 344GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3219 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3191 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 637 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2584 (C2) HDA temperature 108 87 35 (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	66.2% Good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 113 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.35 137% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-2133C10-4GSR 0420 F3-17000CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-2133C10-4GSR 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 26 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 80%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,364x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,196x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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