MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 23:36
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 667 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

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: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	6.38% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 7.35 Parallax 6.91 6% 7.32 fps	MRender 6.05 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 10.3 7% 7.68 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 6.38% 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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 890GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 170 1916 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 393 (05) Reallocated sector count 192 192 368 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 376 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 352 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 32 (C4) Reallocation count 195 195 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 197 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 198 198 486 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 199 560	104% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 165 Mixed 160 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.27 114% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 18GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 37 Write 21.5 Mixed 27.1 34% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.69 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 1.36 141% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 70%

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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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Total price: $800

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 $182	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) $30	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