MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Jet ski	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 20.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	47.8% 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	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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. CPU throttled at 19% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 23:54
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%
CPU Throttled	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Memory 27.6 1-Core 22.6 2-Core 41.5 19% 30.6 Pts	4-Core 71 8-Core 95.6 10% 83.3 Pts	64-Core 101 6% 101 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 35.8 Reflection 49.2 Parallax 123 29% 69.4 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 106 Splatting 99.2 84% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4080 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2338 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81705808 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 218 (D2) Unknown 100 100 290 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 93 93 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10338 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9763 (F9) Unknown 100 100 625043826	61.7% Good	Read 441 Write 410 Mixed 429 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 15.4 56% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 50 DQ Mixed 15.9 19% 33.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 101%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217146072 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1091435 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 557 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 60 639959078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 557 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 68719476774 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 138 Mixed 143 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.14 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 104%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 468GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 166 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3503 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2592 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 88493 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 37 (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	62.2% Good	Read 105 Write 112 Mixed 104 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.27 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 17 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 6.6 16% 5.5 GB/s	Latency 269 15% 269 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 64%

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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 $129Bench 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 $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) $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