MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


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 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.5% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 20:00
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i7-5775C-$250 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 638 74% 574 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 163 Parallax 151 127% 156 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 150 Splatting 119 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 52 (AE) Unknown 100 100 160 (B4) Unknown 0 0 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 25 322122547246 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 29574298156 (F7) Unknown 100 100 482123368 (F8) Unknown 100 100 166856547	87.5% Excellent	Read 528 Write 402 Mixed 425 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 23.6 132% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 23.6 31% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 125%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3193 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1515 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3231 (0A) Spinup retry count 130 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 98 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 585 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2321 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 253404053548 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2659 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 548 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	99.1% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 165 Mixed 157 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 4.49 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.24 258% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 23.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 73%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,322 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	565x
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 $129Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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 $184	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) $35	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