MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.5% 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	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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 01:07
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 211 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 662 63% 522 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% MSI(1462 2840) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.5% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 41.2 27% 35.8 fps	MRender 46.1 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 33.9 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 135600707479331 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3335 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 98 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 78 51544719389 (C2) HDA temperature 29 78 51544719389 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1925 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1751 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1751 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12044	33.2% Below average	Read 152 Write 87.6 Mixed 99.3 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 10.5 57% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 97.2 DQ Mixed 22.6 41% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 597GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 3814456 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2049543 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 855 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6349 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 47244640283 (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 60692182860110 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6890511526 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37564839104	99.1% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 152 Mixed 169 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC9B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77657464 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4733465668 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4447 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098505 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11364 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 51539607580 (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 -38070590097407 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -72298991857761 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -103001227300622	71% Very good	Read 98.1 Write 150 Mixed 121 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.14 61% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 112%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 399GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 195 192 2459 (03) Spinup time 242 169 2875 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7928 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4486 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 103660 (C2) HDA temperature 122 103 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 195 214	60.2% Good	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 92.1 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905402-414.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905402-414.A00LF 12GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 61%

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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	570x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	332x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	196x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	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