MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150820
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '19 at 19:07
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 181 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 556 54% 446 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71% Very good	Lighting 91.4 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 81 74% 89.9 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 85 Splatting 70.5 64% 79.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 33 29 29 26 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 470 Write 402 Mixed 287 SusWrite 48.4 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 45.6 162% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 165 176% 291 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 108%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 78GB free Firmware: 0C3K87RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 91 59 58 58 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 349 Write 326 Mixed 104 SusWrite 82.1 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 26.7 109% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 92.7 DQ Mixed 105 92% 142 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 82%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 380GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 117 116 117 119 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 118 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 87%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 182GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 88.8 Write 91.2 Mixed 59 SusWrite 77.1 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 55%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 54 54 54 52 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 74 Write 70.8 Mixed 52 SusWrite 53.3 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 55%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1.5TB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 41.2 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 41.3 48% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.9 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 73%

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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 $79Bench 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: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16