MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130922
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateMay 14 '17 at 19:49
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 15%

 PC Performing way above expectations (88th 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)
89.1% Excellent
Memory 96.3
1-Core 119
2-Core 232
85% 149 Pts
4-Core 474
8-Core 476
64% 475 Pts
64-Core 472
29% 472 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 89.1%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615
CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.78
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 122
Parallax 108
89% 113 fps
MRender 94.4
Gravity 103
Splatting 85.6
76% 94.2 fps
Poor: 68%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 83%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
54.4% Above average
Read 96.4
Write 93.5
Mixed 84.6
69% 91.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.07
4K Write 0.44
4K Mixed 0.05
17% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 54.4%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB
2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
71.5% Very good
MC Read 24.5
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 21.7
71% 24.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 23.6
61% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 53.1
75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 71%

 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 4,012 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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