MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 08:04
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	6%

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 Pentium G3220-$36 19,337 User benchmarks, average bench 48% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 85.5 1-Core 87.1 2-Core 173 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 173 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 172 11% 172 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz) 43,454 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2.05% Terrible	Lighting 2.17 Reflection 3.69 Parallax 3.31 2% 3.06 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.87 3% 3.13 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.05% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 250GB-$299 1,431 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3108 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1960 (B1) Unknown 97 97 36 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 159 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22760251111	72.3% Very good	Read 487 Write 336 Mixed 338 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 15.7 103% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 71.2 50% 60.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 438GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9010190 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3051 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 27 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 283753272 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3112 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 41 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 521666587 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 25 9010190 (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 6274947239639 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4169765915 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2743257218	62.8% Good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 97.7 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.49 112% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 0215 VS2GB1333D3 0215 VS2GB1333D3 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.2% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.4 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 51%

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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