MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '21 at 07:42
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 614 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3309) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.4% Very good	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 105 88% 109 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 106 Splatting 0.1 48% 67.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 635GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 96 11 213 221 23 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 507 Write 428 Mixed 412 SusWrite 164 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 23.5 116% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 36.2 89% 181 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 153 158 159 165 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 86.9 Write 120 Mixed 29 SusWrite 159 71% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 209% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 90%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3.5TB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 71 72 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 77.9 Write 72.4 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 71.2 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 994074 4x8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%

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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 1,344 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	576x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	334x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	61x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $252	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16