MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.8% 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	58.1% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '16 at 15:46
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 380 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.2% 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 Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 20.1 18% 19.9 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 23 Splatting 17.1 17% 21.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8632152057 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 126881923866828 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 906 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 59 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 45 1009320263707 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 1009320263707 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 108 108 8632152057 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 108 108 8632152057 (CC) Soft ECC correction 108 108 8632152057 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16536 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15978 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15978 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8203	58.1% Above average	Read 461 Write 120 Mixed 199 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 13.3 94% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 10.8 38% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 805GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184199576 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12946730067 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 897 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 4782751770 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49247 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 -140737488355302 (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 65012919964590 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46218945702 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51425404052	43.8% Average	Read 76.8 Write 75.8 Mixed 79.8 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 310GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 200 200 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 712 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 22883 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 188979413014 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	50.9% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 88.1 Mixed 91.5 68% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 277GB free Firmware: 3.AFE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 85 237459647 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15220 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 117 (07) Seek error rate 43 40 26504403203257 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 1 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2162 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 14746 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 32 541620568091 (C2) HDA temperature 27 68 77309411355 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 52 11527896 (C5) Current pending sector count 97 95 78 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 97 95 78 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.6% Average	Read 75.2 Write 76.7 Mixed 74.5 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.39 87% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 14 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.6% 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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,371x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,203x
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	310x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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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Total price: $532

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16