MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	5.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	23.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 04:10
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 59.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 200 66% 122 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 538 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 63.4% 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 (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.3% Poor	Lighting 30.5 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 38.9 25% 33.6 fps	MRender 41.9 Gravity 35.9 Splatting 31.1 29% 36.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 21236785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -89343909681028 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3415 (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 28 78 51544719388 (C2) HDA temperature 28 78 51544719388 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21236785 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21236785 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21236785 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1973 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1803 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1803 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12376	43.7% Average	Read 172 Write 90.2 Mixed 110 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 10.5 94% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 25.6 40% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 559GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172650760 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3384 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2086796 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 935 (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 75 64 471007257 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7336 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 47244640281 (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 21311627723115 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6979672050 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37684298985	103% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 153 Mixed 149 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC9B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169116544 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4744061766 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4527 (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 71 62 538181661 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11444 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 51539607581 (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 -19108309485222 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -49898605679194 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -2499270017093	79.6% Very good	Read 120 Write 158 Mixed 129 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.19 53% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 112%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 316GB 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 2589 (03) Spinup time 242 169 2875 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4566 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 105362 (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 200 195 237	59.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 103 Mixed 94.8 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.14 43% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.8% 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 way below expectations (4^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 6.7 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 61%

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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	565x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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