MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


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 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	33.9% 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	99.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 18:44
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 676 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 37.3 36% 41.4 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 34 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Viperteq VT-SSDG550-120 120GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 112GB free Firmware: SBFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 72 72 267 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5	98.2% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 446 Mixed 479 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 12.5 138% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 18.2 82% 183 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 88%
Viperteq VT-SSDG550-120 120GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 112GB free Firmware: SBFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 68 68 250 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5	98.6% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 444 Mixed 482 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 12.6 138% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 18.4 85% 189 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 88%
Intenso Sata III 128GB 2,059 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 106GB free Firmware: P111 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^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 29 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 110 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 662 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 22 (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 100 100 908 (F2) Unknown 100 100 452 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1324	83.5% Excellent	Read 422 Write 357 Mixed 387 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 21.8 115% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 65 99% 183 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13728 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2136 (B1) Unknown 94 94 66 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 46 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 31 (EB) Unknown 99 99 136 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39517491433	99.1% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 352 Mixed 355 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 28.3 152% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 66.2 107% 209 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 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 114 99 81771256 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2341 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 78112415 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1150 (B7) Unknown 70 70 30 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 102 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16045 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 38654705695 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 118 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -48069273966802 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24147403270 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11209605809	108% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 178 Mixed 164 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB 4x8GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 64%

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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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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