MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	78.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 00:17
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 73.6 1-Core 81.2 2-Core 156 61% 104 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 238 28% 216 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.7 79% 101 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 97.9 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.06 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 129697932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 -1717986884322 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 893 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 196 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 34363080741 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 129697932 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 129697932 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 129697932 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 82 82 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 73182 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33391 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33391 (F2) Unknown 0 0 36309	66.3% Good	Read 481 Write 181 Mixed 221 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 16.4 92% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 45 77% 150 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 83%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 572GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 80.7 Write 89 Mixed 95.4 67% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 65%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 165GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25790775617 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 17393 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 48893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 10614 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 20287 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 20287 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 244813725733 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 121 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.35 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 74%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 84GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 68.1 Write 63.1 Mixed 55.8 79% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 43%
WD 1200BEVExternal 120GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 7GB free, PID 0702 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 28 Write 27.5 Mixed 27.3 36% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.32 65% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 13.3 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 93.2 43% 93.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 62%

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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	1,365x
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