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Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140721
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateJan 28 '23 at 01:07
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 12%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 90.8
1-Core 121
2-Core 229
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 395
8-Core 471
56% 433 Pts
64-Core 567
35% 567 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑
This bench: 80.6%
 Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
Asus(1043 8706) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
109% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 214
Parallax 130
115% 162 fps
MRender 160
Gravity 129
Splatting 99.1
102% 129 fps
Poor: 105% ↑
This bench: 109%
 Great: 123%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Amd-raid WDC WDS100T2G0A- 1TB
731GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UH510000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 27 11 43 27 78 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
39.3% Below average
Read 91.3
Write 97.8
Mixed 108
SusWrite 39.3
63% 84.1 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 13.3
2,201% 11.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑
This bench: 39.3%
 Great: 159%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB
1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
64.5% Good
MC Read 23.4
MC Write 24.6
MC Mixed 19
64% 22.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 23.4
SC Mixed 20.2
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 66.1
60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑
This bench: 64.5%
 Great: 71%
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 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 4,028 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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples1,373x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples1,204x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples390x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples319x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples310x
SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples165x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples147x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples144x
RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples74x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $532
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HDDRAMUSB
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