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MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

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Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	151% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '17 at 03:09
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 193 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 515 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 108 Parallax 92.6 85% 102 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 97.8 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$150 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,428 Write 633 Mixed 863 214% 975 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 27.6 173% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 28.3 42% 76.4 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 243%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$22 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 138GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5206 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21663 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2526 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5085 (C2) HDA temperature 103 93 40 (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	56.1% Above average	Read 90 Write 106 Mixed 99.5 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.31 90% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 69%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 91GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3972 (03) Spinup time 175 169 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7351 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2863 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7149 (C2) HDA temperature 106 94 41 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.4% Good	Read 106 Write 108 Mixed 101 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.43 108% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 13.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 122%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,388 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	593x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	346x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	202x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	100x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	61x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
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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Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $230	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350