MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 14:27
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 614 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	5.82% Terrible	Lighting 5.33 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 5.72 4% 5.93 fps	MRender 7.14 Gravity 13.6 Splatting 10.7 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 148GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4224 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 408 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14549173 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 56 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 836 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 65 279174053925 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 219048902741 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3053 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3722 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3530 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4781 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.8% Excellent	Read 489 Write 340 Mixed 330 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 18.9 115% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 41.5 88% 181 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 108%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22294 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2412 (B1) Unknown 78 78 774 (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 49 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 189728779438	69.2% Good	Read 494 Write 266 Mixed 374 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 18.4 89% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 14.6 47% 107 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 86%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 819GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 127 127 133 (03) Spinup time 122 122 38685442518 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4634 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 230 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 32 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4515 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5612 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5612 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 253404053540 (C4) Reallocation count 96 96 236 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 98.2 Mixed 99.4 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.47 114% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 317GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143265936 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1913 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6700871 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1834 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 571867170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40598 (C2) HDA temperature 34 55 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 -134097468903631 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33503651882 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23684218137	82.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 140 Mixed 131 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 63%

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

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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 $130Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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