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MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	33.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '20 at 19:31
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$59 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 471 65% 483 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2774) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.7% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 40.8 Parallax 37.5 33% 39.4 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 40 Splatting 38 36% 44.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 512G 512GB 10,855 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 408 296 351 392 384 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 480 Mixed 391 SusWrite 353 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 51.8 180% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 259 220% 323 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 119%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 45GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 179 171 173 144 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 474 Write 138 Mixed 196 SusWrite 165 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 24.8 97% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 103 95% 153 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 974GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 161 159 161 162 163 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 121 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 155 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 703GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 132 130 131 131 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 138 Write 26.8 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 124 61% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,381 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	590x
Core i5-4690KIntel $59Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	345x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	200x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	61x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x

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