MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 02:53
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 438 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 115GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2349 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1686 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 221 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5766700718	121% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 52.4 194% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 118 147% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32925219292137 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2077 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 263 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 25 39 55837130777 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 263 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 200590 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 200590 (F2) Unknown 100 100 276546 (F9) Unknown 100 100 14601	70.6% Very good	Read 502 Write 130 Mixed 192 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 20.8 135% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 11.6 28% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 507GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115942872 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 8602800490 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 725 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15686 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 55834574874 (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 25718264169679 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48050185676022 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -107753872205352	87.7% Excellent	Read 145 Write 161 Mixed 139 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 1,969 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 22.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 83%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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