MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140421
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '23 at 00:13
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 599 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-$293 48,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Gigabyte(1458 410B) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 110 Parallax 147 131% 139 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 127 Splatting 102 109% 139 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 375 417 426 427 403 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 442 Mixed 426 SusWrite 387 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 50.5 168% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 204 207 207 206 208 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 932GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 170 173 170 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 197 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 171 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 32GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	59	60	27"	2560 1417	GSM5B80 LG ULTRAGEAR

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,334 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	572x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	333x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	196x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 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 $140Bench 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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Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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