MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics114% 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 Drive63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140721
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 14 '20 at 23:45
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4771-$129
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
78.5% Very good
Memory 88.1
1-Core 115
2-Core 203
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 586
59% 479 Pts
64-Core 578
36% 578 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 117
Parallax 236
118% 166 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 138
Splatting 161
116% 139 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 114%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 88 87 100 85 100 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
63.5% Good
Read 236
Write 129
Mixed 158
SusWrite 92.5
34% 154 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 39.8
136% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 150
DQ Mixed 87.8
79% 117 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 63.5%
Great: 73%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 3TB
1TB free, PID 50a0
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 118 112 110 112 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
46.1% Average
Read 106
Write 102
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 112
134% 98.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
109% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 46.1%
Great: 62%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB
14GB free, PID 0cc7
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 7.3 7.7 8.2 7.6 7.7 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
8.18% Terrible
Read 22.7
Write 8
Mixed 10.7
SusWrite 8
14% 12.4 MB/s
4K Read 5.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 1.5
92% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 8.18%
Great: 16%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
28.3% Poor
MC Read 9.2
MC Write 9.2
MC Mixed 7.7
25% 8.7 GB/s
SC Read 8.9
SC Write 9.6
SC Mixed 8.8
26% 9.1 GB/s
Latency 69.5
58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 28.3%
Great: 61%

 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 4,004 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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