MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.1% 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	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 20:48
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 440 59% 439 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Gigabyte(1458 2281) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 61.4 Parallax 88.9 59% 74.3 fps	MRender 61.5 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 78.3 56% 66.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1455 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1291 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 70 63 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7157827864	110% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 44.7 168% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 110 129% 225 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 688GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1689 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1281 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1540 (C2) HDA temperature 117 111 26 (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	107% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 184 Mixed 174 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.36 147% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 46GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 155 Write 61 Mixed 84.1 112% 100 MB/s	4K Read 6.67 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 1.1 126% 3.22 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 3x8GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 24.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.2% 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	568x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	330x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	195x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16