MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	27% 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	81.6% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '17 at 05:26
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$250 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 689 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1558 MHz, MLim: 2010 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27% Poor	Lighting 34.1 Reflection 34 Parallax 29.7 28% 32.6 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 26.2 25% 31.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 66%
Intel Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop) 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 17.1 11% 15.1 fps	MRender 15.6 Gravity 13 Splatting 22 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^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 1184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 181 (AE) Unknown 100 100 447 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2579 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 39 261994184735 (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 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 31789783856 (F7) Unknown 100 100 994457674 (F8) Unknown 100 100 682570080	81.6% Excellent	Read 522 Write 396 Mixed 411 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 19 116% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 18.8 26% 47 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83653256 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 61 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21583192 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 571408417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1497 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 64424509473 (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 18970870546970 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35604819546 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101310250539	92.1% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 171 Mixed 125 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.77 214% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4311984 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1809 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65506291 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 728 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 655294502 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7837 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 64424509478 (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 55774445309284 (F1) Unknown 100 253 111787835147 (F2) Unknown 100 253 127381018448	78.9% Very good	Read 109 Write 165 Mixed 151 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.48 4K Mixed 0.82 223% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59590072 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1895 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4524273492 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131077 (BD) vendor-specific 30 30 70 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 638517283 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 407 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14446 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 64424509475 (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 138555644976152 (F1) Unknown 100 253 243227519495 (F2) Unknown 100 253 520818722742	90.7% Outstanding	Read 121 Write 194 Mixed 121 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.45 4K Mixed 0.63 202% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 108%

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)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 26.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 73%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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