MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.4% 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	28.7 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 08:09
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (78^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 616 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83% 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 114 87% 111 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.3 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% 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: 330 15 20 306 117 7.6 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 508 Write 429 Mixed 413 SusWrite 133 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 23.6 116% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 36.4 84% 168 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 159 160 158 156 164 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3.5TB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 73 72 70 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	43% Average	Read 78.2 Write 70.8 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 71.6 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43% 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% 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 1,337 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	573x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	333x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	196x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x

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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16