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MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	21.9% 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	112% 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	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 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '15 at 00:28
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 138 2-Core 274 94% 206 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 730 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 34.6 21% 28.7 fps	MRender 34.3 Gravity 24.3 Splatting 26.1 23% 28.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 480GB-$195 707 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1572 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1812 (AB) Unknown 100 100 162859344 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 43 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5078 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2379 (F9) Unknown 100 100 184332273	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 478 Mixed 494 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 35.8 152% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 93.6 144% 274 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 223GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1661 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 902 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79919952 (AE) Unknown 100 100 61 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 30 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1846 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2295 (F9) Unknown 100 100 87205284	98.1% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 427 Mixed 450 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 29.5 135% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 66.8 109% 207 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 108 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34386346390 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5867 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2820 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5867 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5867 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 257699151900 (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 200 200 0	58.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 106 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 917GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4333 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3071 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4031 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 27 (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	71.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 108 Mixed 114 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.44 140% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 712GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 113 (03) Spinup time 122 122 38685573590 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7781 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4924 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7791 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7791 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 219044249631 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.7% Average	Read 80 Write 79.1 Mixed 89 63% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.48 107% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 63%

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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	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 $94Bench 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

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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

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