MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 22:47
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$102 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 100 2-Core 207 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 538 57% 456 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 88 Parallax 78.1 68% 83.1 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 69.4 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 32GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7880 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 853 (B1) Unknown 96 96 39 (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 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 561 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15856441191	91.6% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 340 Mixed 339 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 24.2 133% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 67.7 106% 205 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 234GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 8816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 907 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8985 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 938 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 135 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 63 158914445339 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 15 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1209	68.9% Good	Read 108 Write 132 Mixed 98.9 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.42 125% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 75%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 177GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6320 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1801 (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 98 98 8637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1119 (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 77 68 387383319 (C2) HDA temperature 76 66 404160536 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 636875 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	41.4% Average	Read 70.7 Write 73.4 Mixed 77.1 56% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 69GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7296 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3375 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14101 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1897 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 98994 (BB) vendor-specific 85 85 16 (BC) Unknown 100 100 15 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 32 (C2) HDA temperature 133 112 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 98994 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 187	36.5% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 68.8 Mixed 62.1 48% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 44%
KingFast 128GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20150818 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 82 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 145193 (A5) Unknown 100 100 160 (A6) Unknown 100 100 109 (A7) Unknown 100 100 139 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 15228615 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (F1) Unknown 100 100 96893 (F2) Unknown 100 100 75500 (F5) Unknown 100 100 345023
Poor: 42% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 549 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 23.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 72%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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