MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	44.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 05:20
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 561 62% 486 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.5% Average	Lighting 53.6 Reflection 53.1 Parallax 44.2 44% 50.3 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 57 Splatting 49.5 46% 57.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 56584106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 -36026185661825 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 50 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 85902491688 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 56584106 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 56584106 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 56584106 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 171798691841 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11449 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7120 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7120 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8109	70% Very good	Read 479 Write 242 Mixed 329 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 14.8 116% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 74.7 55% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 90%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1999 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20898 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 529 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2022 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2022 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 197569544231 (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 200 200 2	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 176 Mixed 167 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.25 103% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 816GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1527 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 81 13460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1486 (C2) HDA temperature 105 100 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	90.4% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 156 Mixed 157 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.33 138% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,326 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	568x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	330x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	195x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	78x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16