MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.1% 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)
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	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 04:33
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 450 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 31.1 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 36.8 25% 32.3 fps	MRender 40.8 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 33.5 31% 38 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14260 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1838 (B1) Unknown 82 82 211 (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 60 53 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 548 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43299424235
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 98GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2757 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1379 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7295 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.4% Very good	Read 146 Write 128 Mixed 74.8 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.12 35% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 109%
Adata S102 Pro USB 3.0 16GB-$22 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 86.2 Write 15 Mixed 12.3 34% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.22 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.13 39% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 22.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 69%

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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 $274	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 $183	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