MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 16:43
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 635 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 83.2 Parallax 74.8 67% 80.2 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 66 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vect OR150 480GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3518 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1553 (AB) Unknown 80 80 163842384 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 75 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12191 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10734 (F9) Unknown 100 100 422476684	112% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 506 Mixed 503 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 30.6 162% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 21.5 85% 191 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
PNY SSD2SC240G3LC726 240GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 210GB free Firmware: 524A Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 379 Write 289 Mixed 323 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 12.8 101% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 75.1 DQ Mixed 13.9 44% 98.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 75%
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 112GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 867 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1530 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 53 201863462939 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8851722459 (F7) Unknown 100 100 276751816 (F8) Unknown 100 100 111838207	91.1% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 262 Mixed 346 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 24.1 149% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 19.2 80% 180 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 91%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 55GB free Firmware: C675 Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 375 Write 371 Mixed 375 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 14.2 95% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 77.4 82% 136 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 103%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 741GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 199 2975 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1558 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4136 (C2) HDA temperature 123 111 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 192 Mixed 183 142% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.85 4K Write 4.88 4K Mixed 0.43 215% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 25.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 79%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,029 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,373x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,204x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	391x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	320x
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 $140Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16