MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 16:35
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 643 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 182 Parallax 167 136% 172 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 169 Splatting 119 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 122 118 127 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 393 Write 139 Mixed 188 SusWrite 122 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 40 154% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 126 102% 148 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 79%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 235GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 93GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 113 133 132 126 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.5% Good	Read 247 Write 123 Mixed 186 SusWrite 129 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 28.7 129% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 94.5 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 107 82% 110 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 665GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 180 180 180 181 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 156 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 179 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 D3-1333 2x8GB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16