MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 17:21
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 627 70% 553 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 92.5 Parallax 85.1 84% 93.4 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 76.2 72% 90.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 119GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 289 451 431 424 418 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 338 Write 15.3 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 345 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 23.9 4K Mixed 24.3 86% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Mixed 0.1 42% 112 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 92%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 29 141 15 36 82 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 979GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 3.9 11 60 75 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 50.5 Write 4.8 Mixed 10 SusWrite 31.8 18% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 34% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 1x8GB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 10.9 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 40%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,330 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	569x
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	195x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16