MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	44.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	26 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	Apr 30 '21 at 07:49
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 492 50% 407 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% 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: 1242 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	44.4% Average	Lighting 56.1 Reflection 57.6 Parallax 74.3 46% 62.7 fps	MRender 57.3 Gravity 57.7 Splatting 41.9 42% 52.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 744GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 635 221 224 229 230 230 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% 399GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 169 174 169 159 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 347 Write 158 Mixed 225 SusWrite 164 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 15 84% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 23 DQ Mixed 43.1 72% 150 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 117%
Asmt109x- Volume 512GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 113GB free Firmware: DG86201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 306 310 305 308 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 406 Write 322 Mixed 236 SusWrite 306 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 33.6 120% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 90 DQ Mixed 43.4 38% 55.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 75%
WD WD8004FRYZ-0 8TB 837 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 5.5TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 124 135 128 118 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 196 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 128 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 138%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 11 11 11 14 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% 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 (77^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 1,327 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	568x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	331x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	195x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16