MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	156% 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	115% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 21:54
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4790K-$365 162,970 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	SC Int 130 SC Float 126 SC Mixed 130 103% 129 Pts	QC Int 476 QC Float 480 QC Mixed 450 106% 469 Pts	MC Int 652 MC Float 698 MC Mixed 684 102% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$713 179,968 User benchmarks, average bench 153% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Lighting 524 Reflection 500 Parallax 545 164% 523 fps	MRender 265 Gravity 475 Splatting 287 150% 342 fps
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 180%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$78 296,153 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5462 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1261 (B1) Unknown 97 97 57 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18826392168	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 412 Mixed 414 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 43.2 180% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 96.3 134% 248 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 1TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 315GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 2408 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3132 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1251 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 69918 (C2) HDA temperature 116 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 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 967 (F1) Unknown 200 200 16455709408 (F2) Unknown 200 200 29901151489	91.4% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 140 Mixed 151 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.26 93% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 23.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 73%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 2,404 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $152

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $365Bench 85%, 162,970 samples	894x
Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 79%, 83,343 samples	695x
Core i7-4790Intel $308Bench 75%, 71,024 samples	136x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $195Bench 63%, 330,181 samples	580x
GTX 1070Nvidia $329Bench 99%, 367,574 samples	258x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 125%, 298,873 samples	209x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $78Bench 106%, 296,153 samples	254x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $105Bench 114%, 240,710 samples	172x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $207Bench 96%, 67,240 samples	116x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 60%, 36,473 samples	115x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 60%, 15,202 samples	92x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 19,177 samples	81x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $790

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $329	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $78
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $155	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $249	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $105
Intel Core i7-7700K $355	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $42
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $55	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $145	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12