MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	18.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '19 at 01:51
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 592 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Zotac(19DA 1503) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	137% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 230 Parallax 224 140% 209 fps	MRender 250 Gravity 208 Splatting 142 157% 200 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 103 96 93 93 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 441 Write 310 Mixed 303 SusWrite 118 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 35.1 137% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 108 121% 200 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 233GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 123 124 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 178 Write 120 Mixed 102 SusWrite 124 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 14.8 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	570x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	332x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	114x

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 $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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16