MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive39.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7845
MotherboardMSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)  (all builds)
Memory19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140919
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 30 '20 at 05:34
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 115
2-Core 229
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 412
58% 426 Pts
64-Core 422
26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 129
Parallax 130
108% 131 fps
MRender 195
Gravity 128
Splatting 105
112% 143 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 42 149 44 42 1.8 MB/s
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
39.5% Below average
Read 248
Write 103
Mixed 94
SusWrite 54.9
27% 125 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 42.9
4K Mixed 19.4
76% 27.1 MB/s
DQ Read 54.9
DQ Write 77.6
DQ Mixed 89.9
61% 74.1 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 39.5%
Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139
336GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 389 448 462 458 453 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
128% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 485
Mixed 444
SusWrite 441
106% 469 MB/s
4K Read 43
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 60.4
208% 75.9 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 364
274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 128%
Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OABS0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 188 190 191 190 190 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
78.5% Very good
Read 83.9
Write 192
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 189
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim WH 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 134 129 129 130 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.7% Very good
Read 119
Write 124
Mixed 81.1
SusWrite 130
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 24GB
1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
71.3% Very good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 26.5
MC Mixed 22.5
71% 24.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 23.5
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 59.2
68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 309 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) - $224

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $848
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