MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.1% 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	72.2% 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 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '16 at 09:34
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 431 57% 430 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Lighting 53.9 Reflection 35.8 Parallax 66.8 44% 52.2 fps	MRender 33.6 Gravity 52.1 Splatting 44.3 36% 43.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GB-$100 901 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23315389 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 135617887342396 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1177 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 73 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 62 51543670824 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23315389 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23315389 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23315389 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5176 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3119 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3119 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3655	72.2% Very good	Read 475 Write 189 Mixed 262 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 21.5 115% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 64.6 79% 139 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 81%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 179GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 140 1350 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2080 (05) Reallocated sector count 188 188 91 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2004 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 74583 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 197 197 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	39.2% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 70.6 Mixed 64 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 41%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 224GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1547 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1529 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1463 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 28 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 56GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168449320 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9882 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6016166 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4332 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65545 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 487915549 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 18 168449320 (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 -30142080458635 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3063723714 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4134931497	46.5% Average	Read 93.7 Write 68.3 Mixed 86.4 63% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 69%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 24.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 23.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 85%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) - $224

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	180x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	43x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
BX100 500GBCrucial $40Bench 92%, 13,478 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x

RAM
2400C11 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 62%, 186 samples	11x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	10x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	10x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $852

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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