MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 18:36
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 402 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 57.2 Parallax 104 64% 80.1 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 74.2 58% 69.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^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 100 100 437 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 382 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 175 (A3) Unknown 100 100 45 (A4) Unknown 100 100 37630 (A5) Unknown 100 100 59 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 19 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 165405 (F2) Unknown 100 100 114312 (F5) Unknown 100 100 150520	109% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 473 Mixed 479 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 40.2 150% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 89.5 128% 236 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 465GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 112 112 17193369804 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1804 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1783 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1869 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1869 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 180388691998 (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 65	95.3% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 167 Mixed 159 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 166 2558 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2513 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1259 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2238 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 158 Mixed 155 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 12.7 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 52%

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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	569x
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	195x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16