MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '16 at 23:03
Run Duration	563 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 534 72% 534 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 68 Parallax 60.7 56% 65.8 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 54.3 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 238GB free Firmware: 57DA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,960 Write 1,033 Mixed 1,347 319% 1,447 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 64.3 243% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 674 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 255 283% 481 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 207%
Crucial M550 mSATA 256GB-$398 658 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^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 5825 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1082 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 137 (AE) Unknown 100 100 266 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 32 292058890272 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18346269834 (F7) Unknown 100 100 587332608 (F8) Unknown 100 100 22466601	112% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 467 Mixed 493 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 39.2 154% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 66.5 126% 251 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 8536 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6671 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 21652339760 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 47596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2287 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 47246017379 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 9078112285 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 525 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7232 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 5 8536 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -93415538664863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1886012839 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2705879057	38.5% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 77 Mixed 71.5 52% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.36 133% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 372GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120310336 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 335 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 920409 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 334 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44610 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 51848845198422 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3425756088 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4870674546	78.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 135 Mixed 135 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 114%
USB DISK 2.0 4GB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	2.65% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 2.4 Mixed 3.87 6% 5.83 MB/s	4K Read 2.04 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 8% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.65% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,161 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 71%

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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 $139Bench 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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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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16