MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics78.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory15.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140721
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJul 25 '19 at 18:58
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 26%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (46th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
70.7% Very good
Memory 78.8
1-Core 102
2-Core 207
73% 130 Pts
4-Core 345
8-Core 447
50% 396 Pts
64-Core 480
30% 480 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.6% Very good
Lighting 98.1
Reflection 104
Parallax 97.8
80% 99.9 fps
MRender 92.8
Gravity 91.6
Splatting 93.1
76% 92.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 600ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 130 143 135 149 131 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
62.9% Good
Read 289
Write 205
Mixed 226
SusWrite 135
48% 214 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 87.1
4K Mixed 25.9
118% 46.1 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 159
124% 169 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 62.9%
Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139
928GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 96 98 97 98 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
54.4% Above average
Read 92.8
Write 93.5
Mixed 71.7
SusWrite 96.7
66% 88.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 54.4%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2133C11D3/4GX KHX2133C11D3/8GX KHX2133C11D3/4GX KHX2133C11D3/8GX 24GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
42.8% Average
MC Read 15
MC Write 15.4
MC Mixed 13.6
42% 14.7 GB/s
SC Read 10.8
SC Write 13.6
SC Mixed 14.4
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 82.8
48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 42.8%
Great: 78%

 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 4,003 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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