MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	27.4% 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	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 09:56
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38% Below average	Memory 61.6 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 46.1 31% 43.8 Pts	4-Core 85.8 8-Core 86.8 12% 86.3 Pts	64-Core 88.9 6% 88.9 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.4% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 34.4 Parallax 45.7 27% 37.6 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 31.9 Splatting 40.1 29% 34.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7 256GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC8110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5112 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 77497 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1632 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 373828 (F2) Unknown 100 100 265030	68.3% Good	Read 470 Write 410 Mixed 430 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 26.5 4K Mixed 17.6 67% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 75.1 DQ Mixed 43.7 45% 73.1 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 93%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 159GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 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 116 99 106651088 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4048 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1811001 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -99815039957172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3729 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 39 116384923673 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13938 (C2) HDA temperature 25 61 77309411353 (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 100 100 69264937582845 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1578916960 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1349916840 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	72.8% Very good	Read 126 Write 128 Mixed 112 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB 2,942 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 7.6 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 53%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	565x
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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Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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