MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive117% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140220
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 20 '22 at 02:25
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
74.6% Very good
Memory 84.4
1-Core 97.2
2-Core 195
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 384
50% 379 Pts
64-Core 380
24% 380 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (68th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 172
Reflection 191
Parallax 181
140% 181 fps
MRender 137
Gravity 179
Splatting 127
119% 148 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$109
896GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 371 478 484 458 60 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 473
Mixed 422
SusWrite 347
98% 435 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 56.4
191% 68.4 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 360
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 117%
Great: 128%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7
24GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 24 24 19 9.9 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
35.3% Below average
Read 156
Write 22
Mixed 40.4
SusWrite 20.2
59% 59.6 MB/s
4K Read 6.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.9
164% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 35.3%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 9905403-447.A00LF 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB
1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
53.8% Above average
MC Read 19.1
MC Write 19.5
MC Mixed 16.6
53% 18.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 18.6
SC Mixed 17.8
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 72.8
55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 53.8%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,014 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $532
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