MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	46.8% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 00:10
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 80.4 1-Core 77.4 2-Core 136 60% 97.9 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 239 29% 224 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.8% Average	Lighting 57.1 Reflection 64 Parallax 55.5 47% 58.9 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 56.1 Splatting 54.2 47% 58.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 35738 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 326 (B1) Unknown 79 79 248 (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 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 65108139344
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 84GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1928 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26094 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2362 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 158 Mixed 132 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.29 95% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0118 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 9.7 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $62Bench 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	147x
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 $269	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 $40	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