MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	91% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '20 at 04:35
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 613 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3505 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 155 Parallax 156 133% 158 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 114% 145 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 83 92 92 78 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 469 Mixed 359 SusWrite 108 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42.5 161% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 182 179% 283 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 95%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 109 105 107 108 109 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 118 Write 99.7 Mixed 65 SusWrite 106 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04HAAA30-15 2x8GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 25.4 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 75%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,333 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	572x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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