MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.7% 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	66.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 17:00
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 197 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 386 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 50.9 Reflection 48 Parallax 42.7 42% 47.2 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 44 Splatting 38.8 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 118300580123772 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (B5) Unknown 0 0 6 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 587 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 759017 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 759017 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1324825 (F9) Unknown 100 100 27445	66.8% Good	Read 491 Write 124 Mixed 192 58% 269 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 17 120% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 90.3 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 43.3 52% 88.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56185424 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 840 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 50 579846624512 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 673 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 605880353 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 377 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74230 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 12884901921 (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 117802363020242 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14911515547 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19120523141	60.5% Good	Read 90.7 Write 118 Mixed 79.2 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 7.91 4K Mixed 0.43 213% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 113%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 190 156 12483 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1156 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8880 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 38 (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	50% Above average	Read 90 Write 83.7 Mixed 86.9 66% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.38 130% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 83%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 486GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 92 133877409 (03) Spinup time 97 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1150 (05) Reallocated sector count 89 89 228 (07) Seek error rate 48 44 10204966690029 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 54066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 919 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 239 (BC) Unknown 100 98 55835426836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 605945891 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 -8589934557 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 8 133877409 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44% Average	Read 76.5 Write 76.7 Mixed 77 58% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 59%
WDC WD64 00AAKS-65A7B0 640GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 510GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 40.3 Mixed 36.6 50% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 6,575 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 17.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 77%

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Gaming 56%

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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	1,388x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,221x
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	313x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	166x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	149x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $166	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $377	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406