MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.3% 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	131% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '16 at 20:46
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 187 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 464 44% 363 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2666) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 25.7 Parallax 31.9 21% 27.9 fps	MRender 34.8 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 26.8 24% 30.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 887GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 731GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 813 Write 765 Mixed 791 176% 790 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 27.1 117% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 81 144% 279 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 131%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 137GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 793 Write 772 Mixed 762 173% 776 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 26.5 120% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 420 DQ Mixed 79.9 142% 274 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103298584 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4329554750 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 630 (B7) Unknown 53 53 47 (B8) Unknown 94 94 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 97 96 159 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 72 40 253874536476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24756 (C2) HDA temperature 28 60 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 137 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 139930034506665 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15071156228 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6440150116	92.7% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 167 Mixed 136 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.33 98% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 114%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 173GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 133 3575 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2725 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 1347346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 576 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2720 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	38.4% Below average	Read 71.1 Write 62.3 Mixed 70.6 51% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C11 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C11 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.7 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 58%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,054 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,381x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,215x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	394x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	323x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	146x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	85x
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: 60% - Good

Total price: $682

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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