MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	93.4% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 23:11
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 711 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 162 Parallax 151 126% 156 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 149 Splatting 118 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 100 100 687 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 201 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 51 (AE) Unknown 100 100 122 (B4) Unknown 0 0 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 25 322122547245 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 29303481217 (F7) Unknown 100 100 477675141 (F8) Unknown 100 100 164306364	93.4% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 404 Mixed 425 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 24.6 139% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 24.3 58% 114 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 125%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$137 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3273 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1482 (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 92 92 3220 (0A) Spinup retry count 129 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 97 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 553 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2287 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 253404053546 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2649 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 650 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 57% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 29.7 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 73%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,332 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	571x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	332x
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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16