MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	20.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 07:13
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 188 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 357 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 87.9 Reflection 84.9 Parallax 76 72% 82.9 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 55 45% 55.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -66185446025226 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 995 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 460 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 49 51542818853 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 460 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 920436 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 31 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 74 74 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 920436 (F2) Unknown 100 100 419743 (F9) Unknown 100 100 89352	60.6% Good	Read 457 Write 120 Mixed 156 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 16 103% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 31 46% 87.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 79%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 65GB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 106 (03) Spinup time 119 119 51579388508 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3993 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 984 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4064 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4064 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 227633987622 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40.3% Average	Read 75.3 Write 64.8 Mixed 13.7 37% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 7.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,323 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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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