MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics77.8% 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 Drive119% 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)
Memory2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140721
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateApr 19 '17 at 22:29
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Memory 97.6
1-Core 115
2-Core 231
85% 148 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 460
61% 457 Pts
64-Core 461
28% 461 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing below potential (49th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.8% Very good
Lighting 100
Reflection 108
Parallax 97.7
82% 102 fps
MRender 90.7
Gravity 92.7
Splatting 77
70% 86.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 413
Mixed 419
100% 448 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 49.8
190% 67.2 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 111
145% 263 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 119%
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)
88.4% Excellent
MC Read 32.1
MC Write 33.8
MC Mixed 28.8
90% 31.6 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 26.7
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 47.9
84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 88.4%
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 4,000 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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