MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.9% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 12:10
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 563 55% 452 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 159 Parallax 151 125% 154 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 150 Splatting 117 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26704 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 330 (B1) Unknown 91 91 99 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39173457540	83.9% Excellent	Read 496 Write 341 Mixed 291 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 20.3 114% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 21.7 70% 159 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 559GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205167232 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1122 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35636506 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 71 57 193761968157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 487428 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 -140737488355299 (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 100034083297920 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17296824852 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30487270285	86.2% Excellent	Read 169 Write 132 Mixed 99.1 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,474 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,366x
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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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