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MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

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Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	54.4% 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	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140421
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '15 at 22:25
Run Duration	395 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^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) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 120 2-Core 237 81% 178 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 688 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5362 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 61.4 57% 66.9 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 54 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2825 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 880 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 66 62 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7082190603	111% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 419 Mixed 480 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 44.4 165% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 155 164% 271 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 357GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1674 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 878 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1547 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 31 (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	85.9% Excellent	Read 142 Write 158 Mixed 121 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 340GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108314391 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 416305892 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3641 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3307112391 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098371 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 76 61 538378264 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 38654705688 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 27 108314391 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.2% Average	Read 88.7 Write 72.3 Mixed 81.5 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 68%
USB Mass Storage Device 16GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 125a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	3.17% Terrible	Read 11.9 Write 2.91 Mixed 6.55 8% 7.13 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.03 13% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.17% Great: 15%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 4GB 1,175 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.93% Terrible	Read 23.3 Write 12.3 Mixed 15.8 20% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.71 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 30% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.93% Great: 8%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,325 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming

Gaming 42%

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Desktop

Desktop 84%

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Workstation

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	567x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	330x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x

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Total price: $800

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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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