MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.7% 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	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 06:39
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 210 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 400 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 51.3 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 46.9 42% 48.6 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 42.9 Splatting 37.8 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 604ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14097868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 34763465296334 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 999 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 39 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 42 68722229278 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 68722229278 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14097868 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14097868 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14097868 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 77309411329 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15725 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8180 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8180 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10818	54.6% Above average	Read 490 Write 89 Mixed 127 50% 235 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 12.3 88% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 64.3 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 7.11 29% 63.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 796GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1797 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 541 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4609 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 25 (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	99.3% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 166 Mixed 160 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.37 137% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,331 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	570x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	332x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	196x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16