MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.5% 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	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 16:04
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 645 69% 549 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PowerColor(148C 2359) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1475 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 50.9 Parallax 54.1 37% 50.3 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 38.3 35% 43.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDMCEAW180A4 180GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC33 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 89429809037328 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 46 63 90198442030 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 14719 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 32 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14719 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5410 (F9) Unknown 100 100 370	68.8% Good	Read 438 Write 162 Mixed 264 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 11.7 115% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 52.2 79% 150 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 394GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8200 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 25698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2071 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 488374301 (C2) HDA temperature 70 53 505151518 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9430192 (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 100 100 252 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	52.4% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 90.5 Mixed 96.6 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.47 124% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 62%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 240GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197014016 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 31 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1106518 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 589234209 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 145 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 90194313249 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -86281598009300 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1913738971 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4694490662	102% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 193 Mixed 164 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.94 241% 2.41 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 257GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 72 69 8775 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5898 (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 29704 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3040 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214748758050 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1187 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6216	73.3% Very good	Read 119 Write 136 Mixed 115 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.55 137% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 632 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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