MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '16 at 04:19
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 660 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 1982) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 78.2 67% 83.2 fps	MRender 83.1 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 70.9 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.6c Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9318201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -122020020874481 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 589 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 86 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 60132425756 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9318201 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9318201 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9318201 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8715 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8716 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8716 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3059	41.1% Average	Read 253 Write 64.1 Mixed 101 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 12 87% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 67.2 DQ Mixed 14.5 21% 36.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 577GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 540 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 560 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 560 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 163209740314 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 123 Mixed 141 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.21 97% 1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 571GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 109 Mixed 101 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.29 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.2% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 79%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,323 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $152

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	566x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	329x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	194x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	78x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	42x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	30x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16