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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 (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '22 at 23:26
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 622 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 455 Mixed 393 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 41.7 147% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 202 188% 290 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 97%
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 109GB free Firmware: LSBG200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 122 103 108 94 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 422 Mixed 413 SusWrite 127 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 41.4 159% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 253 208% 296 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 3,459 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 13GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 12 11 11 18 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 17.9 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 14.3 27% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 3.7 262% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.6% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.4 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 5.4 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 85%

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Typical Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 1,402 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	600x
Core i5-4690KIntel $40Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	351x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	203x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	102x
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	46x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	33x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	33x

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