MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	47% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 07:42
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 70 2-Core 150 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 478 43% 364 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1312 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47% Average	Lighting 59.4 Reflection 59.9 Parallax 87.7 48% 69 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 45 44% 55.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 599GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 342 352 341 341 345 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 409GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 304 293 293 292 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 366 Write 442 Mixed 309 SusWrite 292 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 36.3 126% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 241 210% 313 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 117%
WDC WD8004FRYZ-01VAEB0 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 7TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 252 247 241 249 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 231 Write 210 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 245 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 1.6 9% 4.23 MB/s	DQ Read 3.2 DQ Write 4.4 DQ Mixed 5.6 4% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%
Asmt109x- Volume 512GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 293GB free Firmware: DG86201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 230 208 223 222 225 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43% Average	Read 247 Write 129 Mixed 148 SusWrite 220 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 17.7 59% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 24.8 DQ Mixed 26.3 20% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 75%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 112 115 113 122 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 182 Write 116 Mixed 121 SusWrite 118 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.9 409% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,895 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 82%

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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 1,323 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