MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140721
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 12 '21 at 18:20
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User UKR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670-$51
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Memory 98.2
1-Core 112
2-Core 220
83% 143 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 415
55% 414 Pts
64-Core 418
26% 418 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180
Asus(1043 83B4) 1GB
CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
14.8% Very poor
Lighting 17.1
Reflection 30.3
Parallax 16.4
14% 21.3 fps
MRender 26.4
Gravity 18.7
Splatting 17.1
16% 20.7 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 14.8%
Great: 15%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Ssdt 120GB 120GB
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 8A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 147 152 153 154 153 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
60.9% Good
Read 448
Write 144
Mixed 167
SusWrite 152
50% 228 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 99.7
4K Mixed 10.1
98% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 60.9
66% 110 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 60.9%
Great: 61%
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$80
203GB free
Firmware: 1B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 469 467 471 435 334 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
125% Outstanding
Read 486
Write 467
Mixed 434
SusWrite 441
103% 457 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 95.2
4K Mixed 60.5
200% 67.8 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 360
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 125%
Great: 130%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
341GB free
Firmware: 3B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 120 120 120 120 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Read 126
Write 125
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 120
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
MC Read 30.9
MC Write 31.8
MC Mixed 27
85% 29.9 GB/s
SC Read 20.7
SC Write 20.3
SC Mixed 24.9
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 45.1
89% 45.1 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 81%

 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 4,028 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 56%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

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