MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 19:41
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 421 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1260 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 59 Parallax 78.1 53% 67.4 fps	MRender 58.8 Gravity 53.6 Splatting 76.3 53% 62.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HM321HI 320GB-$90 12,451 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 232GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 17 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 94 92 2039 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3381 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4639 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 483 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2009 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7302 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223338299421 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 637 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 483 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 134597 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	42.8% Average	Read 78.6 Write 70.5 Mixed 72.3 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.39 89% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 50%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 482 (C2) HDA temperature 108 90 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 137 Mixed 105 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.17 89% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 4x4GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 64%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

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 $178	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