MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87.3% 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 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory0.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140721
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateOct 15 '17 at 16:26
Run Duration84 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 97.7
1-Core 118
2-Core 235
86% 150 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 444
59% 440 Pts
64-Core 440
27% 440 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 1787 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 124
Parallax 111
90% 115 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 103
Splatting 95.4
82% 100 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 411
Mixed 406
98% 443 MB/s
4K Read 45.6
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 48.3
184% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 106
140% 254 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 117%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87% Excellent
MC Read 31.4
MC Write 33.2
MC Mixed 28.6
89% 31.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.5
SC Write 21.9
SC Mixed 25.6
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 47.4
84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 87%
Great: 84%

 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 4,004 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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