MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.4% 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	93.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 14:12
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 601 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 42.4 Reflection 38.8 Parallax 52 35% 44.4 fps	MRender 54.3 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 35.6 37% 46.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 512GB-$95 303 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1036 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4579 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1583 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 54 3538984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17581465 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16627880 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17032041 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14627422	93.2% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 425 Mixed 468 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 17.3 111% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 17 96% 221 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 730GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 2293544 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4408 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 285490334 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2268 (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 66 50 655949858 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17751 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 38654705698 (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 50951197048784 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51943852391 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54613751434	109% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 170 Mixed 168 137% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 551GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 93265424 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5721 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 754239 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1615 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 739967010 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6898 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 51539607586 (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 -129759551946158 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3572239906 (F2) Unknown 100 253 169661344984	74.8% Very good	Read 101 Write 158 Mixed 119 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.87 227% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-169.A00LF 4x2GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 53%

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Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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 $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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

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