MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	146% 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	43.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	13.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '20 at 19:12
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 223 87% 149 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 626 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% 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: 445.75 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 213 Parallax 229 163% 214 fps	MRender 239 Gravity 199 Splatting 128 148% 189 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 632GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 435 438 458 456 459 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 472 Mixed 428 SusWrite 446 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 48.2 165% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 156 166% 273 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 38 33 40 39 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.2% Average	Read 278 Write 62 Mixed 69 SusWrite 39.1 24% 112 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 20.3 84% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 53.9 DQ Mixed 37.3 42% 74.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 171GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 74 80 81 80 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 93.5 Write 91.3 Mixed 33 SusWrite 79.2 54% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.5% 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 23.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 23.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 78.7% 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 1,331 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $152

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	570x
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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x

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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Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16