MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	80% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 03:54
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 660 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6386) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 156 Parallax 145 127% 152 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 143 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 351GB free Firmware: SAFM02.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 414 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1233 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 380	72.2% Very good	Read 496 Write 449 Mixed 443 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 9.34 60% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 19.3 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 9.19 55% 117 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1515 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1006 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6661352369	80% Excellent	Read 494 Write 402 Mixed 395 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 15.8 99% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 16.9 55% 111 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 115%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 581 Write 379 Mixed 247 297% 403 MB/s	4K Read 2.29 4K Write 3.72 4K Mixed 0.32 200% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 236%
BUFFALO HD-PCFU3 1TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 858GB free, PID 0240 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 91.4 Write 95.3 Mixed 88.5 119% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.18 60% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 4x8GB 2,056 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 77%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,324 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	330x
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 $90Bench 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	31x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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