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MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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!
Graphics	36.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.6% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140722
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '14 at 19:49
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 102 2-Core 194 68% 148 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 581 56% 460 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 62% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.200.1004.0 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.2% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 60.6 37% 46.4 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 50.6 Splatting 41.1 34% 41 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^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 100 100 217 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 66 146028888093 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5793255553 (F7) Unknown 100 100 183555768 (F8) Unknown 100 100 285292001	89.6% Excellent	Read 498 Write 269 Mixed 350 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 29.9 135% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 51.7 102% 208 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 91%
Kingston SVP100S296G 96GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 79GB free Firmware: CJR10202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 871 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 190 190 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 72 64 154619805724 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	44.8% Average	Read 198 Write 172 Mixed 162 40% 177 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 13.7 82% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 14.6 22% 38.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 69%
Samsung MZMPA024HMCD-000L1 24GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 22GB free Firmware: AXM22L1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10040 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 947 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 86 86 506 (B2) Unknown 82 82 68 (B3) Unknown 83 83 126 (B4) Unknown 83 83 630 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (EC) Unknown 99 99 631 (ED) Unknown 99 99 749 (EE) Unknown 99 99 126	29% Poor	Read 253 Write 69.9 Mixed 107 31% 143 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 5.66 42% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 16.5 DQ Mixed 6.18 18% 42.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 30%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 671GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226127864 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5543533 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7900 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (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 -72700911418424 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1895350694 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2180441460	110% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 176 Mixed 160 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 305GB free Firmware: SD26 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79687482 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 363163698 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2479 (B8) Unknown 74 74 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 30 11433724543006 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 66892 (C2) HDA temperature 30 70 -140737488355298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 36 79687482 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.9% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 91.6 Mixed 93.7 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 58%

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Gaming

Gaming 42%

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Desktop

Desktop 84%

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Workstation

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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $800

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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