MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.8% 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 8 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

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 17:20
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$62 128,482 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)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 456 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2059 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Lighting 85.7 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 73.5 70% 81.1 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 76.8 63% 76.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 186GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1063 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 427 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 85 85 14159 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4724078440	110% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 414 Mixed 226 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 48 181% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 75.4 DQ Mixed 42.2 68% 136 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11064854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 114254720018111 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3309 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 62 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 78 42954784795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 78 42954784795 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11064854 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11064854 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11064854 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9295 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9978 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9978 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21235	53.8% Above average	Read 411 Write 116 Mixed 167 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 7.05 108% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 8.84 DQ Write 13.4 DQ Mixed 8.17 7% 10.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 203GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 244 231 7766 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4422 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4401 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1029 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4422 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 39 (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	41.7% Average	Read 74.6 Write 71 Mixed 36.6 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.41 78% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 76%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 139GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 186 5391 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6815 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23623 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6587 (BE) vendor-specific 54 47 46 (C2) HDA temperature 104 97 46 (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	31.1% Below average	Read 52.4 Write 55.8 Mixed 21.2 32% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-592.A00LF 2x4GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 52%

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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	1,198x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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