MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150813
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 20 '20 at 12:21
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
80% Very good
Memory 90.4
1-Core 116
2-Core 226
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 563
58% 469 Pts
64-Core 464
29% 464 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 111
Parallax 238
105% 159 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 125
Splatting 156
110% 131 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 105%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
10GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 459
Write 281
Mixed 368
82% 369 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 94.5
4K Mixed 49.9
171% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 352
264% 352 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB
378GB free
Firmware: MZ6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 79 98 118 124 121 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
33.3% Below average
Read 22.2
Write 80.7
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 94
41% 56.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.3
53% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 33.3%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53.1% Above average
MC Read 19.3
MC Write 19.8
MC Mixed 17.5
54% 18.9 GB/s
SC Read 11.2
SC Write 13.4
SC Mixed 14.1
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 66.6
60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 53.1%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,322 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $800
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HDDRAMUSB
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