MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	27% 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	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	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.

Very high background CPU (57%). 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	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '16 at 22:14
Run Duration	9818 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	28.4% Poor	Memory 44.6 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 51.5 31% 47.8 Pts	4-Core 70.8 8-Core 79.4 10% 75.1 Pts	64-Core 72.4 4% 72.4 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27% Poor	Lighting 32.6 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 35.9 26% 32.6 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 32.8 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 105 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 364 (C2) HDA temperature 107 99 36 (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	70.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 114 Mixed 109 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 149GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5708 (03) Spinup time 154 148 1275 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2508 (05) Reallocated sector count 137 137 529 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2444 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 397 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 152866 (C2) HDA temperature 107 92 36 (C4) Reallocation count 193 193 7 (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	2.47% Terrible	Read 8.48 Write 0.15 Mixed 0.15 2% 2.92 MB/s	4K Read 0.002 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 0.001 0% 0.001 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 2.47% Great: 36%
Seagate ST980811AS 80GB-$100 1,707 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 74GB free Firmware: 3.ALC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2741 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 82451678654 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2569 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 31 22097166368 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1529 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1929765 (C2) HDA temperature 32 69 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 85 57 222923769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24.6% Poor	Read 42.6 Write 43.1 Mixed 42.6 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 24%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 42GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 178 983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 590 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 531 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 378 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 590 (C2) HDA temperature 104 83 39 (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	63% Good	Read 115 Write 105 Mixed 77.6 74% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.31 104% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 61%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 2TB 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 18GB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 135 Write 120 Mixed 82 138% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.14 61% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19% Very poor	MC Read 6.3 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.27 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.3 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 182 22% 182 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 70%

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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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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