MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '17 at 03:10
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 164 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 359 52% 379 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2507 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 153 Parallax 144 118% 147 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 145 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 4077 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 285 (B1) Unknown 0 0 805 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 80927 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 104 (E7) Temperature 96 100 40 (E9) Unknown 0 0 52225 (EA) Unknown 0 0 193 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14067 (F2) Unknown 0 0 61119	71% Very good	Read 497 Write 160 Mixed 242 65% 300 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 26.8 110% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 60.4 77% 139 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 83%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$132 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5952 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 121 (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 87 87 5584 (0A) Spinup retry count 102 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1074 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 149 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159478826 (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 200 253 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 87 87 5543 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 566 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
JMicron 2TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 890GB free Firmware: 0102 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 29.1 Mixed 30.3 23% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.3 112% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 854GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 25510743 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4989 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 119 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 313195857 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 772 (B4) Unknown 100 100 706664056 (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 63 50 639959077 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 34359738405 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 18 25510743 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 119 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.7% Good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 98.5 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.62 131% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 Hynix HMT125U6BFR8C-H9 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,071 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,387x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,220x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	324x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	318x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	166x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	149x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	147x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	86x
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: 64% - Good

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $383