MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '16 at 01:11
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 475 63% 474 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 23.5 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 20.6 19% 20.6 fps	MRender 25.9 Gravity 18.5 Splatting 17.2 16% 20.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12584714 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 33887291975204 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1639 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 66 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 27 42 51542360091 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 51542360091 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12584714 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12584714 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12584714 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 34 34 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7440 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8858 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8858 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11190	46.6% Average	Read 197 Write 99.4 Mixed 122 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 9.66 98% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 38.6 50% 88.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 135GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240763576 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2981 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 71775427 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1632 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 605290529 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41446 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 51539607585 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 119644903971292 (F1) Unknown 100 253 118891363942563 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139400878153962	55.6% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 105 Mixed 78.9 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.35 101% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991995 (996995) 2x4GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 64%

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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	1,199x
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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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 $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