MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	15 GB free of 18 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 23:48
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 413 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 22C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.2% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 57.6 35% 50.3 fps	MRender 49.5 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 36 33% 41.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10079251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 114615497271725 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1764 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 324 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 52 55837982758 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10079251 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10079251 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10079251 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17390 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8587 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8587 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11671	73.9% Very good	Read 359 Write 265 Mixed 276 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 21.2 110% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 63.3 96% 182 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83132680 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 89 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 72067 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (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 65 60 656343075 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 309 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 64424509475 (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 65236258258960 (F1) Unknown 100 253 565427220 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62128258	104% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 176 Mixed 178 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Adata S107 USB 3.0 32GB-$40 125 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 29GB free, PID 317a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	9.77% Terrible	Read 28.6 Write 13 Mixed 14.5 21% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.81 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.06 42% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.77% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL8-2GBTD 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 18GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.1% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns

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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	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	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 $178	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