MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '19 at 02:56
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 99 2-Core 250 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 661 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 169 Parallax 183 146% 177 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 151 Splatting 109 116% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 126 127 125 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 480 Mixed 370 SusWrite 155 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.7 201% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 447GB free Firmware: UG5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 259 243 294 295 294 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 453 Write 394 Mixed 305 SusWrite 284 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 20.3 80% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 46.7 52% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 113%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 355 361 356 369 375 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 351 Write 373 Mixed 71 SusWrite 363 209% 289 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 266% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 236%
BUFFALO HD-PCFU3 1TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 619GB free, PID 0240 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 88 89 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 93.3 Write 87 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 87.6 100% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 44%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 465GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 43 43 43 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 40 Write 41 Mixed 31 SusWrite 42.3 53% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 114% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 4x8GB 2,056 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 77%

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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 $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