MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7821
MotherboardMSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)  (all builds)
Memory4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141110
Uptime4.1 Days
Run DateMay 21 '19 at 23:45
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 95.6
1-Core 116
2-Core 230
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 428
58% 432 Pts
64-Core 447
28% 447 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 148
Parallax 134
111% 139 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 136
Splatting 108
96% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
550GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 90 85 134 137 130 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Read 165
Write 152
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 110
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 992002 (997002) 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
62.1% Good
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 22.4
MC Mixed 19.7
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 19.2
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 55.4
72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 62.1%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,325 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $152

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $800
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