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MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	54.5% 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)
Boot Drive	168% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '15 at 07:36
Run Duration	548 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 100 2-Core 226 72% 163 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 679 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5850 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 63.2 56% 67.8 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 57.6 52% 65.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 961 Write 939 Mixed 946 212% 949 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 48.1 172% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 407 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 177 201% 340 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 878GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90062854 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4321259437 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 589365283 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 98784247843 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 31 90062854 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10660108825536 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2722454078 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3070134296	61.8% Good	Read 102 Write 113 Mixed 103 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.56 121% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 68%
BUFFALO HD-PCFU3 1TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 931GB free, PID 0240 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 95.4 Write 92 Mixed 72.9 110% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.16 48% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 44%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 381GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 36.6 Write 38.8 Mixed 16.9 38% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 22%
Hitachi HTS545016B9A300 160GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 139GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	8.92% Terrible	Read 2.29 Write 22.6 Mixed 2.26 14% 9.06 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.31 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.92% Great: 18%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,348 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming

Gaming 42%

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Desktop

Desktop 84%

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Workstation

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $152

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	577x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	335x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	61x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
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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