MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive83.7% 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.
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 @ 2.4 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140721
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 04 '19 at 10:22
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
81% Excellent
Memory 97.5
1-Core 118
2-Core 233
86% 150 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 592
57% 470 Pts
64-Core 610
38% 610 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 81%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 144
Parallax 125
110% 135 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 132
Splatting 108
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 512GB-$173
287GB free
Firmware: N0815B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 430 438 441 443 441 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 441
Mixed 320
SusWrite 436
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 96.9
4K Mixed 41.5
145% 55.1 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 210
180% 261 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 105%
Great: 105%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 199 190 191 180 186 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Read 436
Write 270
Mixed 305
SusWrite 196
67% 302 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 95.7
4K Mixed 35.4
135% 52.3 MB/s
DQ Read 317
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 164
157% 248 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 91%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46% Average
MC Read 15.8
MC Write 15.2
MC Mixed 11.8
41% 14.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 17.4
SC Mixed 15.6
45% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 48.1
83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 46%
Great: 88%

 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 4,011 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: 87% - Excellent Total price: $597
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HDDRAMUSB
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