MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150820
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '17 at 21:05
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 653 69% 549 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.72 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 81.9 Parallax 73.2 67% 79 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 74 Splatting 65.1 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 525 Series mSATA 120GB-$119 655 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 107GB free Firmware: LLLi Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38388417707038 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1837 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 308 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 90 60135440440 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 308 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 343490 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 45 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 343490 (F2) Unknown 100 100 291968 (F9) Unknown 100 100 12699	71.7% Very good	Read 460 Write 139 Mixed 184 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 20.8 128% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 52.1 71% 132 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 81%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7323 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 770 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1138319099798 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 37 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 144 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 49 210454380581 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6618614334981 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5143 (EA) Unknown 100 100 20307 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13379 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8635 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.1% Very good	Read 465 Write 203 Mixed 238 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 16.9 107% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 47.8 91% 184 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 70GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6930 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 546 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6696364361	111% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 47.5 170% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 124 134% 224 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 329GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196299664 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2090 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8617361 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 453967899 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52667 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (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 -66992899880097 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9855671831 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18640778286	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 168 Mixed 167 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 76%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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