MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.3% 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	104% 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	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.

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Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 23:43
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 101 2-Core 184 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 501 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 2503) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 106 Parallax 110 96% 111 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 81.5 79% 99.1 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 106%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 778GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 349 316 381 380 392 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 440 Mixed 394 SusWrite 353 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 48.1 158% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 25.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%

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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 1,323 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	566x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	329x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	194x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	42x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	30x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16