MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 11:50
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 521 70% 520 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1610 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 70.7 63% 75.6 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 62.2 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 54%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15287 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5775 (B1) Unknown 81 81 221 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 12 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2436 (F1) Unknown 99 99 106217614180
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung HM080JI 1TB 171GB free Firmware: A610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 114 114 12898336966 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4725 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3350 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4761 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4761 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 171799543837 (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 200 200 0	69.7% Good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 103 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.13 58% 0.64 MB/s

Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 39GB free Firmware: A52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 127 127 165 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789202747 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 15912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 13605 (C0) Power-off retract count 80 80 25089 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 25089 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 231928889385 (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 200 200 59	33.3% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 59.2 Mixed 71.8 48% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 46%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 16GB free Firmware: 1113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 83 83 5860 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16020 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9932 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 31502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 13944 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 52 690225193 (C2) HDA temperature 59 50 723779625 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1843434 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.3% Average	Read 73.3 Write 94.6 Mixed 120 73% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.36 106% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 29.6 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

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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	1,365x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,198x
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	145x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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