MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	39.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '19 at 05:39
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.7% Poor	Memory 53.6 1-Core 15.5 2-Core 16.7 23% 28.6 Pts	4-Core 23.9 8-Core 38.1 4% 31 Pts	64-Core 27.2 2% 27.2 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.1% Below average	Lighting 24.1 Reflection 21.7 Parallax 72.5 20% 39.4 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 90.1 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 83 70 82 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 346 Write 120 Mixed 174 SusWrite 81.2 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 17.7 79% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 83.8 DQ Write 55.4 DQ Mixed 72.5 53% 70.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 75%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 551GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 122 120 104 138 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 150 Write 128 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 124 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D169DS1J.8FE 1315 BLS4G3D169DS1J.8FE 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 6.3 20% 7.13 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 3.7 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 82%

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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 $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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Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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