MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). 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	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 21:09
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 190 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 397 47% 364 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 61.5 56% 66.8 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 54.8 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 256GB-$109 1,725 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 183 183 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C2) HDA temperature 66 56 188979740706 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	104% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 457 Mixed 469 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 43.5 137% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 101 127% 229 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 552 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 67735 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 34 (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	82.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 135 Mixed 130 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 464GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196415288 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 512 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 116877537 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 26358579234 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 245979 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 -140737488355294 (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 77661598659786 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13504691057 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11710541230	95.7% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 156 Mixed 158 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.7 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 85%

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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 $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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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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