MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 15:02
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 662 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 60.7 55% 64.8 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 57 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 171 174 174 158 172 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Read 346 Write 245 Mixed 270 SusWrite 172 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 32.3 139% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 211 154% 198 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 89%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 478GB 2,073 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 63GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 66 39 76 39 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 322 Write 164 Mixed 16 SusWrite 66.1 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 13.3 102% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 7.6 61% 137 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 104%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 128GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 86 88 89 88 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 88.2 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 50GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 56 55 56 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 90.7 Write 80 Mixed 59 SusWrite 55.7 53% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 76%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 248GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 73 71 72 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 81.3 Write 78.3 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 71.8 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 51%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 61GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 95 96 97 97 99 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 81 Write 82.5 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 96.9 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 64%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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