MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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.
Graphics77% 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 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130922
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 18 '20 at 08:31
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd 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
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 93.1
1-Core 84.4
2-Core 235
77% 137 Pts
4-Core 471
8-Core 472
63% 472 Pts
64-Core 471
29% 471 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
77% Very good
Lighting 97.4
Reflection 87.2
Parallax 84.5
79% 89.7 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 79.3
Splatting 74.3
72% 90.7 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 77%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba- TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB
98GB free
Firmware: SBFA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 166 205 172 172 172 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
92.4% Outstanding
Read 368
Write 118
Mixed 370
SusWrite 191
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 37.6
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 40.7
170% 64.2 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 227
198% 294 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 92.4%
Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
338GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 99 97 104 104 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
73.1% Very good
Read 156
Write 149
Mixed 106
SusWrite 98.1
94% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.9
195% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C11-8GNT 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
62% Good
MC Read 22.2
MC Write 23
MC Mixed 18.7
61% 21.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 21.4
SC Mixed 20.3
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 61.8
65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 62%
Great: 62%

 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 4,028 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $532
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HDDRAMUSB
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