MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.8% 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	103% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 11:27
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 435 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 40.7 39% 45 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 37 32% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7201 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1214 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 206 (A9) Unknown 100 100 323 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 89 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 188979675172 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 608 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 23717 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12260 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6645 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 453 Mixed 458 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 29.3 140% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 64.1 112% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5682291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 122312078667068 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2002 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 82 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 43 60132360225 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 60132360225 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5682291 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5682291 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5682291 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6897 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5397 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5397 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5018	33.3% Below average	Read 162 Write 68 Mixed 105 24% 112 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 7.88 67% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 77.9 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 24.4 34% 62.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387263910 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4000 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 922 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4005 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4005 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 188979675177 (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 200 200 0	86% Excellent	Read 157 Write 143 Mixed 149 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.2 106% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 213GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387460519 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1993 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5695 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5695 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 214749478955 (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 200 200 0	73.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 116 Mixed 105 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 107%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 145GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3360 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 12894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 17260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3751 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 470876188 (C2) HDA temperature 69 57 521207839 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 26166 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	35.3% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 66.8 Mixed 67.2 48% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.42 102% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 26.4 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 24.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 79%

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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 $129Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

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