MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	125% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 02:50
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 696 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 177 Parallax 166 144% 173 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 152 Splatting 124 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 449 457 464 466 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 458 Mixed 446 SusWrite 457 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 57.8 204% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 274 218% 300 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 123%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free Firmware: 527ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 122 119 121 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 388 Write 131 Mixed 182 SusWrite 117 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 43 162% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 98.4 DQ Mixed 135 100% 132 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 105GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 107 108 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 170 Write 81.3 Mixed 104 SusWrite 107 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 1,037 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%

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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 $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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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