MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.9% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 13:23
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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 (99^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 613 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 63.2 55% 67.2 fps	MRender 74.5 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 55.9 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3469 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2655 (B1) Unknown 95 95 148 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 64 60 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15137440992	80.9% Excellent	Read 506 Write 202 Mixed 207 66% 305 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 21.8 131% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 89.9 DQ Mixed 55.1 85% 169 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 906GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 88 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4610 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 80632477 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4230 (B7) Unknown 1 1 107 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032844 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5959 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 10 88 (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 78172699762448 (F1) Unknown 100 253 696105982 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1833122344	60.6% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 99 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.53 102% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 75%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 181GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 191 3283 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2859 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2085 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2819 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 34 (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	114% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 184 Mixed 172 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 1.59 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.43 190% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 73%

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,009 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	1,366x
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 $45	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