MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics112% 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 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.
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.
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140530
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateAug 09 '18 at 02:41
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 130
2-Core 221
86% 148 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 688
68% 554 Pts
64-Core 698
43% 698 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Lighting 150
Reflection 156
Parallax 146
122% 151 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 143
Splatting 113
101% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 112%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 268 273 277 276 274 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 486
Mixed 349
SusWrite 284
91% 405 MB/s
4K Read 45.1
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 57.3
204% 73.2 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 225
206% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 117%
Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01L01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 114 115 116 116 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
69.1% Good
Read 125
Write 111
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 115
82% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 69.1%
Great: 85%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174
3.5TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 190 202 204 189 202 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 203
Write 200
Mixed 80.2
SusWrite 198
124% 170 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 0.6
220% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 115%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
60.4% Good
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 21.8
MC Mixed 18.4
58% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 22.4
SC Mixed 19.4
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 59.2
68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 60.4%
Great: 63%

 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 4,002 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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