MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	27.8% 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	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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 22:35
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 687 75% 595 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 4069) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 40.9 27% 36.4 fps	MRender 41.2 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 29.6 29% 36.4 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8550 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1883 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1839 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1688 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 38 (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	70.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 111 Mixed 108 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.38 113% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 85%
Samsung HD321HJ 320GB 5,512 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 196GB free Firmware: 1AC01117 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 92 3903 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3240 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11520 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 12494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3989 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 99 894 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 913 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 420937753 (C2) HDA temperature 71 61 488046621 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 56379 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 9 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.2% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 99.5 Mixed 36.8 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.45 110% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 1x8GB 471 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%

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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	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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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