MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51% 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	81.9% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	15.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '17 at 03:11
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 237 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 610 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51% Above average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 56.7 Parallax 73.1 52% 64.3 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 50.5 Splatting 71.5 50% 59.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex3 LT 240GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 114 89837500 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -14542759246686 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2003 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 558 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 89837500 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 89837500 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 89837500 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28037 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33700 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33700 (F2) Unknown 0 0 55109	81.9% Excellent	Read 504 Write 223 Mixed 287 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 20.1 128% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 57.1 95% 185 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5038606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -74577812119123 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1053 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 224 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 43 68722294810 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 68722294810 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5038606 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5038606 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5038606 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12213 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12808 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12808 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16141	67.7% Good	Read 481 Write 111 Mixed 195 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 17.4 123% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 39.5 57% 107 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 73%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 835GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 166 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1905 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1258 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 117496 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 29 (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	48.6% Average	Read 97.9 Write 71.6 Mixed 66.4 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.2 53% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX6GX3M3C1600C7 1319 CL10-10-10 D3-1600 0215 CMX6GX3M3C1600C7 1319 CL10-10-10 D3-1600 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

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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 $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	43x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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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Total price: $852

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369