MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54% 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)
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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140919
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '17 at 16:00
Run Duration	812 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 165 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 326 43% 321 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% PowerColor(148C 2358) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 60 Parallax 86.7 54% 71.1 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 54.3 Splatting 76.8 54% 63.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 152GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^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 2571 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 554 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 45 236224053288 (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 12 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8023638913 (F7) Unknown 100 100 251186702 (F8) Unknown 100 100 83460715 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1954 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	70.8% Very good	Read 477 Write 336 Mixed 289 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 12.2 80% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 27.6 64% 131 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 99%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2382 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 546 (B1) Unknown 72 72 139 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 39 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 82 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13170174031
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 327GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137932992 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44525033 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2076 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 655884322 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 126345 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 51539607586 (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 -96391951015937 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27495271322 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3759130897991	77.3% Very good	Read 145 Write 125 Mixed 135 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 413GB free Firmware: CC43 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 117 99 140319264 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 74734822 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2537 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 17180131351 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 588840993 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 728 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9759 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 60129542177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 706 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -48820893242547 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31103289192 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35683367056	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 183 Mixed 146 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.98 249% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 13,169 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	6.13% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 5.38 Mixed 9.19 13% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.52 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.003 28% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.13% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 73%

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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 $46

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