MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	34.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '16 at 22:32
Run Duration	446 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 494 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36D2) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6200 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 38.9 36% 42.4 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 36.2 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 187GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3691345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -35253091565424 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 39 42 90197065767 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 90197065767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3691345 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3691345 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3691345 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963450 (EA) Unknown 0 0 30 (F1) Unknown 0 0 30 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1441808	65.8% Good	Read 497 Write 214 Mixed 281 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 14.1 112% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 17.6 DQ Mixed 7.92 9% 14.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 306 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 281 (C2) HDA temperature 106 101 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 141 Mixed 118 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.35 143% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 0740 500GB 3,483 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 226GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 57.8 Write 70.5 Mixed 13.3 58% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.16 56% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 36%
WD My Book 1130 1TB 1,203 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 102GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 84.2 Write 87.4 Mixed 10.2 71% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.19 54% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 41%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 59GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 54 111% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 49%
WD My Passport 071A 750GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 52GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 35.2 Mixed 13.9 34% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%
USB DISK 2.0 32GB 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 26GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	4.81% Terrible	Read 13.8 Write 6.66 Mixed 8.15 11% 9.52 MB/s	4K Read 5.58 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.07 24% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.81% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 63%

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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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Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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