MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.8% 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	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 09:45
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th 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 (96^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 424 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 047E) 3GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 52 34% 41.7 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 38.6 30% 35.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -96001108088023 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 322 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 109 109 24972614 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 322 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 315720 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 38 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 315720 (F2) Unknown 100 100 200660 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11477	67.2% Good	Read 473 Write 154 Mixed 223 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 12.7 126% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 12.8 27% 52.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 260GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 162 158 4875 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37957 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1753 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2234 (C2) HDA temperature 114 91 33 (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 10849 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.1% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 55.4 Mixed 70.4 49% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.3% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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