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 as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	95.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140428
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 04:51
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 590 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^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 14871 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1912 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 236 (AE) Unknown 100 100 135 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 51 210454315041 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 130378372722 (F7) Unknown 100 100 4047016446 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3782906979	95.7% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 466 Mixed 455 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 21.1 130% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 30.5 76% 153 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 112GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11575 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1392 (B1) Unknown 99 99 27 (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 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1306 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17463517771	73% Very good	Read 373 Write 243 Mixed 221 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 28.2 118% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 77.6 81% 137 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 124%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 199 8791 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6463 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10831 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1566 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22547 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 32 (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 71 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.1% Good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 116 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.3 115% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220778848 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3838 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3068692 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 605 (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 71 51 504692765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9840 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 55834574877 (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 33221572035047 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3387852915 (F2) Unknown 100 253 230380713136	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 171 Mixed 161 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 517GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 137416755 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2867 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87844033 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 630 (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 74 57 487850010 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2886 (C2) HDA temperature 26 11 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 137416755 (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 -48889612728232 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4985504197 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1812366439	88.1% Excellent	Read 158 Write 150 Mixed 154 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.29 93% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 112%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 213GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 201 8791 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4107 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1836 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 215264 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 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	71.2% Very good	Read 108 Write 141 Mixed 112 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 71%

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Desktop 85%

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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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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