MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	151% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 10:08
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 668 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 219 Parallax 234 170% 221 fps	MRender 238 Gravity 200 Splatting 132 149% 190 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$135 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 98GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 432 288 250 236 222 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 470 Mixed 448 SusWrite 315 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58.7 199% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 252 201% 277 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 176 171 177 184 165 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 446 Write 202 Mixed 152 SusWrite 180 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 25.3 121% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 44.9 70% 133 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 171GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 60 61 61 61 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 96.8 Write 99.5 Mixed 37 SusWrite 60.4 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.4 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 86%

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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 1,340 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	573x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	334x
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	96x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	32x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16