MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4800 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140421
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 08:06
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 587 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 295X2 (CrossFire Disabled) 2,533 User benchmarks, average bench 50% AMD(1002 0B2A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1018 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49% Average	Lighting 60.1 Reflection 55.6 Parallax 57.5 49% 57.8 fps	MRender 53.4 Gravity 51.8 Splatting 69.6 49% 58.3 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 11GB free Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6483 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1949 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 0 73017458725 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2223 (F1) Unknown 100 100 874 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2966 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	102% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 430 Mixed 377 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 24.2 142% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 36.6 105% 225 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 75 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2036 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2020 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1898 (C2) HDA temperature 104 99 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 92.7 Mixed 128 82% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 109%
WD WD2500JD-00HBB0 250GB-$140 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 8GB free Firmware: 08.0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 123 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12349 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7636 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	18% Very poor	Read 23.8 Write 38.7 Mixed 17.8 20% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 63%

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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 $130Bench 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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Total price: $800

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