MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.9% 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	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '16 at 20:30
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 697 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 20.19.0.32837 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 45.5 31% 39.2 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 38.6 28% 33.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Synology iSCSI Storage 1.5TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 682GB free Firmware: 3.1 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	9.47% Terrible	Read 74.1 Write 38.5 Mixed 53.4 12% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.49 4K Write 9.33 4K Mixed 1.12 13% 4.98 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 7.98 DQ Mixed 3.85 5% 8.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 9.47% Great: 29%
ST4000DM000-1F2168 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 389GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4871 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 114 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2655755034	137% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 498 Mixed 511 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.3 226% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 142 167% 289 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 137%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 202GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10558 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5768 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10404957119	101% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 351 Mixed 358 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 30.9 156% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 99.9 131% 239 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 126%
Synology iSCSI Storage 275GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 125GB free Firmware: 3.1 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	9.7% Terrible	Read 71.3 Write 33.3 Mixed 52.1 12% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.71 4K Write 8.66 4K Mixed 0.87 16% 5.41 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 5.39 DQ Mixed 6.51 6% 9.21 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 9.7% Great: 41%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7389 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 288 (B1) Unknown 97 97 55 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 44 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21364130336	119% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 411 Mixed 415 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 50.1 191% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 104 140% 258 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Synology iSCSI Storage 550GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 96GB free Firmware: 3.1 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 40.7 Mixed 54.2 40% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.53 4K Write 5.96 4K Mixed 1.3 527% 4.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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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	330x
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 $90Bench 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	31x

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Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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