MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 01:15
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 392 50% 380 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 5988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 89.5 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 78.3 73% 84.9 fps	Gravity 71.4 Splatting 64.8 60% 68.1 fps
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22918 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 280 (B1) Unknown 71 71 342 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 54 46 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 113 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66794926817	77.4% Very good	Read 488 Write 338 Mixed 208 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 19.5 100% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 61.4 DQ Mixed 15.4 53% 123 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 771GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180815196 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 13062619460 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3406 (B4) Unknown 100 100 40561886 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 327685 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 689438755 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 81604378659 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 21 180815196 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.6% Good	Read 106 Write 109 Mixed 94 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.49 115% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 620GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150906648 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 131638010 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4325463 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 605356064 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52065 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 73014444064 (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 33316061328926 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24261646874 (F2) Unknown 100 253 203169629178	96.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 159 Mixed 140 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 113%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -1 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 5GB free, PID 0321 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 42.5 Write 11.4 Mixed 8.14 20% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.73 68% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 42%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -0 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 3GB free, PID 0321 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 42.2 Write 39.9 Mixed 27.7 46% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.28 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.99 94% 3.38 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 15 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 88%

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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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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