MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.9% 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	115% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '16 at 20:43
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 195 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 570 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 20.19.0.32837 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 47.3 32% 40.6 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 40 29% 34.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST4000DM000-1F2168 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 389GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4871 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 114 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 63 45 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2664385435	129% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 499 Mixed 509 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.3 201% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 145 163% 276 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 137%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 202GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10558 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5768 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 68 49 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10413513439	98% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 351 Mixed 358 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 29.8 146% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 98.4 125% 226 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 126%
Synology iSCSI Storage 550GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 96GB free Firmware: 3.1 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 76.8 Write 43.4 Mixed 64.8 14% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.79 4K Write 8.23 4K Mixed 5.03 23% 7.02 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 9.04 DQ Mixed 10.2 8% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 27%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7389 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 288 (B1) Unknown 97 97 55 (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 56 44 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21373338048	115% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 47.2 180% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 103 131% 236 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Synology iSCSI Storage 1.5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 682GB free Firmware: 3.1 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.8% Below average	Read 83.9 Write 44.3 Mixed 54.8 46% 61 MB/s	4K Read 6.76 4K Write 5.48 4K Mixed 6.24 1,077% 6.16 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 38%
Synology iSCSI Storage 275GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 125GB free Firmware: 3.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 62.1 Write 42.6 Mixed 51.8 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.52 4K Write 6.72 4K Mixed 3.84 823% 5.69 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,331 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	570x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	332x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	196x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	79x

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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16