MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 18:32
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 98 1-Core 131 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 660 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 720 44% 720 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2780 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 201 Parallax 182 148% 188 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 180 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 1TB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 489 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 196 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 54 38 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6371533819	116% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 408 Mixed 422 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 51 187% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 131 148% 254 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 235GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 21 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14511 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3537 (B1) Unknown 92 92 266 (B3) Unknown 99 99 21 (B5) Unknown 99 99 21 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 21 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 647 (F1) Unknown 99 99 59825477209	109% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 473 Mixed 509 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 29.9 150% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 91.1 137% 258 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 235GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11736 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3095 (B1) Unknown 93 93 222 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 616 (F1) Unknown 99 99 53503120341	107% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 448 Mixed 499 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 29.5 149% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 93.3 136% 256 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 116%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 231GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 131 121 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5565 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 718 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 530541 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 30 (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	39.3% Below average	Read 69.3 Write 67.5 Mixed 69.1 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 230GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 180 5508 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9775 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3739 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 600 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 349807 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 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	40.9% Average	Read 70.2 Write 72.3 Mixed 71.1 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 59%
ST2000LM 003 HN-M201R 2TB 408 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 99.9 133% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.34 77% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 24.4 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 27.1 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $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 $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