MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	99.7% 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	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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 00:00
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 686 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2849 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 162 Parallax 142 130% 154 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 150 Splatting 118 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%
Intel Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop) 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 17.1 11% 15.1 fps	MRender 15.6 Gravity 13 Splatting 22 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1574 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 997 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 268 (AE) Unknown 100 100 591 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2579 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 39 261994119206 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 45437299736 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1421573943 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1076141456	99.7% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 399 Mixed 416 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 32.9 132% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 65.9 118% 235 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171513688 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52840816 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131204 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 623116324 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4856 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 64424509476 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -64364379896288 (F1) Unknown 100 253 104096214699 (F2) Unknown 100 253 185141171568	89.3% Excellent	Read 159 Write 151 Mixed 121 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.82 220% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105428144 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4547397207 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131077 (BD) vendor-specific 19 19 81 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 656867367 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 490 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20808 (C2) HDA temperature 39 49 64424509479 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 88935887806569 (F1) Unknown 100 253 285048524252 (F2) Unknown 100 253 564079932903	106% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 192 Mixed 133 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.91 231% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 30.4 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 73%

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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%

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	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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16