MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 23:32
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 685 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.9% Below average	Lighting 10 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 141 8% 55.1 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 223GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 713 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 95 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 69 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 155343447	77.9% Very good	Read 482 Write 259 Mixed 165 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 22.1 114% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 62.8 85% 160 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 114%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 91GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 100 97 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 388 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 41 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 219043332132 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1610 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1081 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1758	74.9% Very good	Read 500 Write 350 Mixed 375 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 4.07 95% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 21.8 59% 122 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 86%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3660 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 815 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 44 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11610145125	85.4% Excellent	Read 496 Write 333 Mixed 310 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 21.8 121% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 49.6 84% 163 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 64GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1788 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 442 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 156 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3729865143	81.3% Excellent	Read 488 Write 279 Mixed 262 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 19.8 121% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 45.8 81% 159 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 644GB free Firmware: HP33 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131010824 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1540 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 51733963886 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1460 (B4) Unknown 100 100 398141397 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 4766564380 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22005 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 -140737488355300 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 178 Mixed 164 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 85%

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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	565x
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 $129Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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