MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '17 at 08:54
Run Duration	515 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 231 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 449 61% 451 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E215) 1GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Lighting 18.8 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 24.6 15% 20.6 fps	MRender 14.9 Gravity 17.5 Splatting 21 15% 17.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 120GB 3,248 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 88GB free Firmware: P0422C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 253 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 109 (A3) Unknown 100 100 41 (A4) Unknown 100 100 22886 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 54681 (F2) Unknown 100 100 30064 (F5) Unknown 100 100 45772	71.3% Very good	Read 490 Write 201 Mixed 224 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 21.3 104% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 41.5 72% 144 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 87%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 41GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 133459801 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -86346022507484 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3080 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 951 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 74 77314261023 (C2) HDA temperature 31 74 77314261023 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 133459801 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 133459801 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 133459801 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15140 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11590 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11590 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10349	75.8% Very good	Read 483 Write 197 Mixed 236 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 24.6 131% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 53.7 61% 104 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%
Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA 60GB-$45 164 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 22111473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5454608472668 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2184 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 677 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 72 77314129966 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22111473 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22111473 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22111473 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14953 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11886 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11886 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9548	48.6% Average	Read 256 Write 95.9 Mixed 119 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 11.9 103% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 11.1 26% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 76%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3648082 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 120533962207459 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2071 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1238 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3648082 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3648082 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3648082 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20478 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22966 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22966 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18593	58.4% Above average	Read 456 Write 87.3 Mixed 146 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 17 106% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 96.1 DQ Write 86.1 DQ Mixed 12.8 31% 65 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 70%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 96GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 76.4 Write 68.7 Mixed 76.2 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 88GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73018176 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49815865 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2862 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 588972065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 822 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43269 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 73014444065 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 101670465837946 (F1) Unknown 100 253 59266581767 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55773578869	53.9% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 99.2 Mixed 95.7 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.19 40% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer U 8GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3GB free, PID 55a5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	9.33% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 2.96 Mixed 5.89 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.43 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.42 116% 2.75 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.33% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD8GX3M2A1600C8 0215 CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMD8GX3M2A1600C8 0215 CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 9.6 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 62%

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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 $49Bench 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