MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	15.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 05:38
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 645 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7845) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex3 LT 240GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 72262657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 68925635183885 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2017 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 559 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 72262657 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 72262657 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 72262657 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28249 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33964 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33964 (F2) Unknown 0 0 55454	78.7% Very good	Read 498 Write 215 Mixed 272 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 20.8 122% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 52.5 86% 164 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 43GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 31970808 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -137181255425512 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1067 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 225 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 43 68722294818 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 68722294818 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 31970808 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 31970808 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 31970808 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12261 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12875 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12875 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16178	66.9% Good	Read 487 Write 120 Mixed 195 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 16.9 117% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 43.2 59% 109 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 73%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 750GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 166 6400 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1919 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1272 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 118469 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (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	42.6% Average	Read 75.7 Write 72.9 Mixed 75.1 56% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.18 45% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX6GX3M3C1600C7 1319 CL10-10-10 D3-1600 0215 CMX6GX3M3C1600C7 1319 CL10-10-10 D3-1600 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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