MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.9% 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 00:08
Run Duration	656 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 459 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.9 84% 106 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 77.3 67% 82.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 119GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 7757 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 41 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 34 283468824611 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13429717641 (F7) Unknown 100 100 420328602 (F8) Unknown 100 100 642441252 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1933 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	87% Excellent	Read 481 Write 341 Mixed 339 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 26.2 117% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 40.6 90% 189 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 99%
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB 2,817 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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 10689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 877 (B1) Unknown 100 100 283992 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 215 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 681913 (F2) Unknown 100 100 662944	96.9% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 380 Mixed 404 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 36.3 135% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 77.1 114% 212 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 392GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 96 44128616 (03) Spinup time 100 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2251 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 65 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 254243932 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 61924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 35 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2035 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 936 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 216 (BE) vendor-specific 61 41 1598383521831 (C2) HDA temperature 39 59 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 12 44128616 (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 75033078723022 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2288134068 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11022766
Poor: 29% Great: 70%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 139GB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134662224 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 850 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 104691615 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 833 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 741 (BE) vendor-specific 64 39 8367201583140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 851 (C2) HDA temperature 36 61 64424509476 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 58% Great: 114%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$99 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36533160 (03) Spinup time 91 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1637 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37878904 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 44168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 60 38 10828285083688 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 485 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1643 (C2) HDA temperature 40 62 73014444072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 3 36533160 (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 92844308081831 (F1) Unknown 100 253 260689802 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1290414830
Poor: 46% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C12 2x8GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 26.9 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 26.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 86%

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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