MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Boot Drive	86.7% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '15 at 05:08
Run Duration	382 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 106 2-Core 216 73% 161 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 420 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 50% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5362 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1455 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 481 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7100100750	86.7% Excellent	Read 494 Write 339 Mixed 352 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 24.4 111% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 82.7 119% 225 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191382280 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7018120 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1587 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098519 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 572129309 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3686 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 7 191382280 (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 14903536521247 (F1) Unknown 100 253 74778326 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1466210095	54.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 89.5 Mixed 79 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 698GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118267835 (03) Spinup time 93 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4608 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 47406915460 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2376 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770655759 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 605487133 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 20 118267835 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58% Above average	Read 103 Write 98.8 Mixed 91.1 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.45 112% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 372GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40244944 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9180579 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 609 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 538443805 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10402 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (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 -4823248272488 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13497026820 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24487863278	60.5% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 81.9 73% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.13 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 96%
Maxtor 7H500F0 500GB-$50 993 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 273GB free Firmware: HA431DN0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 173 171 17128 (04) Start/Stop count 252 252 3707 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 249 0 (08) Seek timer performance 249 243 57939 (09) Power-on hours count 182 182 24768 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 247 247 2528 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 689438751 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 253 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 2210 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 5 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	32% Below average	Read 56 Write 54.6 Mixed 64.2 44% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 3.64 4K Mixed 0.37 136% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 38%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -0 64GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 31GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 41.2 Write 12.1 Mixed 16 24% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.22 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.75 54% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 24%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -1 32GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 20GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	8.62% Terrible	Read 22.2 Write 8.06 Mixed 10.6 15% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.84 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.66 67% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.62% Great: 31%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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	330x
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 $94Bench 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	31x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

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