MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics3.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140721
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateNov 27 '17 at 19:36
Run Duration87 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4570-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Memory 96.4
1-Core 95.6
2-Core 203
77% 132 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 402
54% 402 Pts
64-Core 398
25% 398 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
MSI(1462 7821) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4703
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
3.92% Terrible
Lighting 3.93
Reflection 6.65
Parallax 6.94
3% 5.84 fps
MRender 8.95
Gravity 2.33
Splatting 7.83
5% 6.37 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.92%
Great: 3%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
330GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
70.7% Very good
Read 130
Write 116
Mixed 128
94% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.92
4K Write 1.58
4K Mixed 0.27
97% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
77.6% Very good
MC Read 28.4
MC Write 30.5
MC Mixed 23.9
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 23.5
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 52.7
76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 77.6%
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 4,004 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: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $532
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