MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37% 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	22.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 259 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 694 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37% Below average	Lighting 53.2 Reflection 59.8 Parallax 50.5 43% 54.5 fps	MRender 49 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 24 25% 31.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 10 (AA) Unknown 100 100 9 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 62 62 163210002470 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 79 (F1) Unknown 100 100 71 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3270	22.5% Poor	Read 492 Write 35.4 Mixed 282 58% 270 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 1.18 2% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 758GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189611968 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3109 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 104939904 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3090 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 656605223 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1013 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35427 (C2) HDA temperature 39 45 47244640295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 34510062227433 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52642151594 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55588508754	66.6% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 123 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.28 90% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 113%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 317GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 188 1841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 63 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 93 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 23 (C2) HDA temperature 112 109 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 128 Mixed 137 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.51 149% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.9% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 19.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 63%

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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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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