MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.1% 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	86.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '20 at 00:57
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	LUX-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 215 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 561 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 117 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 67 95% 85.3 fps	MRender 60.1 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 60.9 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 237 246 242 161 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 354 Write 347 Mixed 313 SusWrite 202 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 41.9 143% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 345 260% 347 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 693GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 241 249 245 273 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 387 Write 386 Mixed 338 SusWrite 256 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 46.9 158% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 354 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 233GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 241 249 246 274 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 371 Mixed 366 SusWrite 257 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 46.9 156% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$250 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 558GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 241 249 246 274 289 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 384 Write 381 Mixed 309 SusWrite 257 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 32.8 134% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 286 234% 333 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 133%
ST1000LM 010-9YH146 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 80GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 40 41 40 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 39.8 Mixed 18 SusWrite 40 46% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F8G64CB8HB5N-DI 2x8GB 1,721 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.5% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,323 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	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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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