MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 16:09
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3220-$36 19,337 User benchmarks, average bench 48% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 86.4 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 173 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 174 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz) 43,454 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2.13% Terrible	Lighting 2.17 Reflection 3.65 Parallax 3.34 2% 3.05 fps	MRender 5.38 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.91 3% 3.48 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.13% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 250GB-$299 1,431 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2862 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1815 (B1) Unknown 97 97 35 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 147 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21444249054	82.8% Excellent	Read 485 Write 339 Mixed 353 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 20.8 112% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 73.9 96% 173 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 266GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108006481 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2906 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 27 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 282851552 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2967 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 41 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454557723 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 25 108006481 (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 48747878829154 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4153711972 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1757998946	57.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.9 Mixed 78.5 69% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.59 125% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 0215 VS2GB1333D3 0215 VS2GB1333D3 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 18.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,353 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	579x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	337x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	198x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	61x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x

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