MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86% 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 (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 18:46
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	87%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 43.6 2-Core 75.7 46% 67.8 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 596 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2031 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 92% 112 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 107 Splatting 107 85% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 786GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 404 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 67 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1738185988	118% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 408 Mixed 414 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52.2 191% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 135 155% 267 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6332 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1715 (B1) Unknown 97 97 85 (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 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 351 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25191151796	86% Excellent	Read 507 Write 190 Mixed 261 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 27.1 141% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 76.6 111% 212 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 116%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 179GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 4 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 90 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790579007 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2198 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3641 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3641 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 171799281692 (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	60% Above average	Read 101 Write 108 Mixed 105 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.5% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.8 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 50%

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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 $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