MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140421
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 13:40
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 430 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 66.9 63% 73.6 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 71.4 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3541 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 419 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12772868089	97.7% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 402 Mixed 419 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 42.8 128% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 127 140% 237 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 128%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 569GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 2541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 414 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3556 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 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	95.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 159 Mixed 159 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.31 117% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX 24GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 29.5 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 26.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

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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 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 $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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