MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.6% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 12:36
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 225 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 625 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 95% 113 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OSRaidDrive` 360GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70% Good	Read 619 Write 307 Mixed 367 95% 431 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 12.7 80% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 25.1 33% 55.7 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494366503 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1908 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5228 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 193274249247 (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	99.6% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 165 Mixed 77.9 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.19 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 083A 2TB 995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 53.2 108% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL10-11-11 D3-2133 2x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 26.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 83%

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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	1,367x
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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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

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