MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 04:24
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 382 49% 371 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 62.2 57% 67.1 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 53 50% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 6.72 3% 5.76 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.96 6% 6.68 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6074 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 105 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2097212 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 68 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16410	70.3% Very good	Read 497 Write 344 Mixed 342 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 10.3 70% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 47.4 78% 155 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 331GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148667920 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 397 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10178379 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (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 71 57 554762269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22960 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 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 -84829899061463 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12222058748 (F2) Unknown 100 253 376954497186	78.1% Very good	Read 144 Write 128 Mixed 140 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208094232 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1354 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 179267430 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1450 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 571605022 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25408 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 60129542174 (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 -122058675578394 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36990921806 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1265345628333	78.7% Very good	Read 110 Write 164 Mixed 122 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.66 192% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.2 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 73%

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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 $129Bench 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 $279	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 $184	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