MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.8% 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	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 07:30
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 491 69% 508 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 119 Parallax 118 88% 115 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 101 Splatting 94.6 79% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 388 410 397 369 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 479 Mixed 389 SusWrite 351 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 63.1 212% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 330 249% 333 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 808GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 390 415 429 422 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 494 Mixed 474 SusWrite 400 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62.8 211% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 324 245% 327 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 747GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 79 63 81 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 186 Write 138 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 89 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 440% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 109%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 182 175 186 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 181 Write 192 Mixed 123 SusWrite 180 229% 169 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1760 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 62%

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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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Total price: $800

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