MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140722
Uptime	23.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 05:14
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 373 55% 400 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 99GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1694 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8593997874 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 40 257698037808 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 68720132112 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 182 (EA) Unknown 100 100 474 (F1) Unknown 253 253 301 (F2) Unknown 253 253 331 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.5% Very good	Read 504 Write 288 Mixed 347 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 1.08 94% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 0.04 66% 157 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 86%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 87711822127357 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1609 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 40 55837196319 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 55837196319 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12695 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11711 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11711 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3244	39.8% Below average	Read 161 Write 83 Mixed 107 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 8.97 86% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 94.1 DQ Write 87.7 DQ Mixed 21.1 35% 67.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown ZEUS-1600 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 0423 ZEUS-1600 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.4% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,335 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	572x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	333x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	115x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	196x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	79x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16