MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '19 at 20:29
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 130 2-Core 250 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 482 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1492 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 107 Parallax 104 82% 104 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 82.1 73% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 445 457 459 439 323 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 469 Mixed 371 SusWrite 420 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58.7 198% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 731GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 97 97 98 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 80.5 Write 94.5 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 96.4 59% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 108GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 54 52 50 51 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 163 Write 116 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 51.1 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 43GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 74 74 73 74 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 155 Write 144 Mixed 95 SusWrite 73.9 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: AX002J SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 108 Write 109 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 109 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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