MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive105% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140721
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 28 '17 at 18:59
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 116
2-Core 233
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 478
8-Core 475
64% 476 Pts
64-Core 472
29% 472 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2757 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
107% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 195
Parallax 212
102% 178 fps
MRender 134
Gravity 185
Splatting 129
121% 149 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 107%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 960GB
397GB free
Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
70.3% Very good
Read 501
Write 250
Mixed 222
71% 324 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 75.1
4K Mixed 7.57
96% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 52.3
DQ Mixed 35.3
64% 135 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 90%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 523
Write 325
Mixed 387
91% 412 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 161
4K Mixed 34.8
180% 76.5 MB/s
DQ Read 174
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 47.8
90% 175 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 105%
Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49
1TB free
Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Read 154
Write 121
Mixed 120
99% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.58
4K Write 2.28
4K Mixed 0.25
94% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
63.2% Good
MC Read 22.2
MC Write 23
MC Mixed 19.6
62% 21.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 22
SC Mixed 21.1
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 59.4
67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 62%

 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 4,010 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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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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