MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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.
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.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	18.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '20 at 23:19
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 481 65% 483 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2377 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 151 Parallax 145 122% 149 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 140 Splatting 115 100% 123 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 398 Write 364 Mixed 287 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 13.8 102% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 27.2 DQ Mixed 147 109% 151 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 103%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 6GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 453 Write 435 Mixed 419 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 61.3 202% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 335 240% 306 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 565GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 391 466 438 440 439 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 439 Mixed 393 SusWrite 410 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 44.3 158% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 350 254% 327 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Toshiba HDWN180 8TB 898 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4.5TB free Firmware: GX2M SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 181 182 171 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 134 Write 136 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 179 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.4 195% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C11-8GXL 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-2133C11-8GXL 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 24GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 25.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 77%

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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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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $800

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