MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.5% 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	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '17 at 16:13
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 632 69% 544 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3080) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 60.7 Parallax 87.9 58% 73.4 fps	MRender 60.8 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 78.7 56% 66.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 845DC EVO 240GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT03X3Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4624 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1348 (B1) Unknown 98 98 58 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4391 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22653737289 (F2) Unknown 99 99 33694016678 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	73.2% Very good	Read 511 Write 256 Mixed 330 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 19 117% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 18.1 28% 51.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243296320 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3865 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25153077 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1352 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 521404447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26669 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 51539607583 (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 20229295965509 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7997151372 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74426672477	98.9% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 164 Mixed 149 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.17 90% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%
Samsung HD103UI 1TB 1,652 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2TB free Firmware: 1AA01111 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 34 2057 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8690 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11533 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4802 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 35 1987 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4402 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 437190682 (C2) HDA temperature 71 63 487522333 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 409 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 96 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 35 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	98.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 164 Mixed 144 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 51%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 190GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 2850 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 7953 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 16570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 98 98 1161 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4920 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 437190682 (C2) HDA temperature 76 59 487522328 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 152759 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.7% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 103 Mixed 108 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.39 110% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 142 Write 91.3 Mixed 90.6 129% 108 MB/s	4K Read 5.13 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 1.41 106% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.6% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 7.7 25% 8.7 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 66%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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 $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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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 $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