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MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '20 at 05:02
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$75 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 691 73% 581 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$266 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 113 Parallax 247 110% 165 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 157 112% 133 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Dogfish 480GB 480GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0817A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 198 76 40 75 27 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 518 Write 462 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 145 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 19.3 71% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 0.7 72% 169 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$31 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 365GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 103 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 68%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$68 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 218GB free Firmware: PB4OC60F SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 52 53 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 57 Write 47.5 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 53.2 35% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%

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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 1,383 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	591x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	345x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	116x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	201x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	61x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	32x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

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