MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.1% 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

8 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '16 at 01:54
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 665 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4990) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 101 Parallax 100 79% 99.5 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 78 68% 84 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 0 (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 100 100 1879 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 519 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 301 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1507335 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 193 193 25780813880 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1081 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 66 66 154620919842 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25713493248 (EA) Unknown 100 100 62417394624 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12797635224 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13424168135	83.1% Excellent	Read 492 Write 296 Mixed 371 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 25.4 136% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 33.9 50% 87.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 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 108 99 14903160 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1270 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9158717 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 519 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 572391457 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11220 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 73014444065 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23927262805549 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14581507435 (F2) Unknown 100 253 236314766847	108% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 169 Mixed 167 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.5 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32% 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	572x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	333x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	115x

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 $140Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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