MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 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	Jun 15 '17 at 10:55
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$183 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 (66^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 692 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2630 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 162 Parallax 153 128% 157 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 149 Splatting 118 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%
Intel Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop) 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7821) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 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 15.7 Gravity 12.9 Splatting 21.9 14% 16.9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 11%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 62 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 74382177	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 419 Mixed 417 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 46.1 170% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 118 147% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%

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 @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 29.5 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 25.4 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.7% 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 $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	30x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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