MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	81.2% 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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 22:47
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 653 70% 556 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 118% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 95GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8593357527 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 72670846655415 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1355 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 74 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 55 38658310176 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 38658310176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 98 98 8593357527 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 98 98 8593357527 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 98 8593357527 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 30064771073 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13861 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8128 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8128 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8719	54.5% Above average	Read 439 Write 105 Mixed 129 48% 224 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 8.82 94% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 74.1 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 23.3 37% 70.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 73%
Intenso Sata III 240GB 2,859 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0614D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^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 35 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 61 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1125 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14690 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27363 (F5) Unknown 100 100 18000	81.2% Excellent	Read 508 Write 320 Mixed 391 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 21.5 109% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 59.2 86% 156 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 102%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 461GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 155 7183 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3607 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3471 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3607 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.8% Average	Read 78.6 Write 70.1 Mixed 74.2 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.29 97% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 51%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 593GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896567475 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3132 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3845 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3845 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 188979019815 (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 200 200 0	92% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 153 Mixed 155 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 107%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 168GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6290 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2809 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 488046621 (C2) HDA temperature 69 59 521601055 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 559141 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	49.4% Average	Read 92.4 Write 79.7 Mixed 82.6 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.27 71% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 54%

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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	567x
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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16