MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.2% 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	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (61%). 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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '16 at 12:26
Run Duration	474 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 245 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 645 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E244) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.8 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 22.3 14% 18.9 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 18.6 14% 16.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9067613 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -75411035781054 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 958 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 142 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 88 51545374742 (C2) HDA temperature 22 88 51545374742 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9067613 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9067613 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9067613 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5977 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4688 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4688 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4788	72% Very good	Read 506 Write 187 Mixed 214 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 16.2 130% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 15.4 28% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 622GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 2408 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1588 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 944 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1495 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 22 (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	90.2% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 155 Mixed 129 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.37 119% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 108%
Sony Storage Media 8GB 1,494 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 05ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	6.05% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 3.46 Mixed 5.19 10% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.63 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.004 32% 2.88 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 9%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 8GB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 24.7 Write 8.3 Mixed 9.7 15% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.83 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 1.37 132% 3.32 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	38.3% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 12.1 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 40%

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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	572x
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	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16