MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '19 at 17:12
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 408 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 119F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 75 62% 76.1 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 70 Splatting 69.2 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO mSATA 250GB 1,851 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 295 291 294 296 284 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 455 Mixed 440 SusWrite 283 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 65.4 215% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 316 239% 321 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 93GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 108 111 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 101 Write 96.1 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 109 67% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1867, 2133, 1867, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 28.1 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 26.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 82%

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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	335x
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 $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369