MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 18:50
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (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 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 (86^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 249 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 593 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.8% Very good	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 95.8 Parallax 91.5 76% 93.6 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 87.4 Splatting 90.6 72% 87.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT250MX200SSD1 3TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388181425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 340 (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 2237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2684 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2684 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 197569609757 (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	15.8% Very poor	Read 183 Write 128 Mixed 132 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.19 2% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 16%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 101GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4886936 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -132877698193824 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1653 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 172 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 45 60132491288 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 60132491288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4886936 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4886936 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4886936 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1842 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1734 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1734 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1450	80.4% Excellent	Read 518 Write 161 Mixed 199 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 22.3 138% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 63.6 90% 168 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 16GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 100 100 529 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2584 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 45 236224118812 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4777322172 (F7) Unknown 100 100 149309926 (F8) Unknown 100 100 98180076	99.5% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 399 Mixed 413 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 33.3 136% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 40.2 98% 208 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 545GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2407 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2366 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2148 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 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 200 163 21262 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.9% Very good	Read 149 Write 119 Mixed 110 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 87%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,323 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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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) $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