MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '17 at 16:10
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$250 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 242 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 690 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3686) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1558 MHz, MLim: 2010 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 82.2 76% 89.1 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 81.2 Splatting 72.4 66% 81.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 66%
Intel Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop) 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 17.1 11% 15.1 fps	MRender 15.6 Gravity 13 Splatting 21.9 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1241 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 748 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 190 (AE) Unknown 100 100 451 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2579 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 39 261994184742 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 33634638003 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1052170352 (F8) Unknown 100 100 719983251	90.5% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 398 Mixed 334 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 26.2 121% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 40 76% 148 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151219464 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 65 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21851247 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 571932704 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1561 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 64424509472 (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 4883377816429 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43566677042 (F2) Unknown 100 253 105616077945	74.6% Very good	Read 92.2 Write 167 Mixed 131 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.78 219% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 27.5 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 22 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 73%

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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 $129Bench 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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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 $184	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) $35	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