MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '16 at 03:39
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 458 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 81.6 Reflection 81 Parallax 69 66% 77.2 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 75 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3923 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1756 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 56948 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 90894 (A5) Unknown 100 100 164 (A6) Unknown 100 100 28 (A7) Unknown 100 100 89 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 266 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13208 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5729	77% Very good	Read 512 Write 300 Mixed 376 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 20.9 120% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 20.5 30% 52 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 96%
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-551 120GB 412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 16GB free Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 362 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1324 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 41 (E7) Temperature 100 100 36 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8 (F1) Unknown 0 0 742 (F2) Unknown 0 0 420	95.4% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 314 Mixed 388 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 34.6 142% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 59.6 106% 206 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2800 C12 4x4GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%

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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	576x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	334x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	61x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x

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Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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