MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.73% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 12:39
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 218 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 678 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% PNY(196E 089C) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.73% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 13 Parallax 9.25 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 14.9 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.73% Great: 9%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 250GB-$299 1,431 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT43B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,081 Write 2,975 Mixed 3,609 929% 4,222 MB/s	4K Read 281 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 18.8 462% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 546 DQ Write 20.1 DQ Mixed 48.1 94% 205 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 110%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 103GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 120 124 125 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 396 Write 150 Mixed 206 SusWrite 125 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 33.4 119% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 124 105% 154 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 188 189 190 190 190 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 85.8 Write 91 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 188 71% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 123 124 123 125 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 123 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 142 142 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 138 Write 142 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 138 144% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F8G64CB8HC5N-DI 2x8GB 1,156 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,322 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	565x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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