MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive128% 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.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130922
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 02 '19 at 16:11
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 94.6
1-Core 84.2
2-Core 200
73% 126 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 468
62% 464 Pts
64-Core 457
28% 457 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
62% Good
Lighting 77.5
Reflection 75.8
Parallax 67.6
63% 73.6 fps
MRender 70.6
Gravity 72
Splatting 74.9
60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 62%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 316 342 309 305 304 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
128% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 488
Mixed 461
SusWrite 322
100% 446 MB/s
4K Read 50.6
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 67.8
230% 81.1 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 361
272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 128%
Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 88 86 115 90 83 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
28.7% Poor
Read 3.7
Write 121
Mixed 5
SusWrite 96.1
40% 56.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 28.7%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2133C11D3/8GX 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB
2133, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
63.7% Good
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 23
MC Mixed 20.5
62% 21.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 19.9
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 58.2
69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 63.7%
Great: 64%

 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 4,010 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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