MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '20 at 05:57
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 88.4 2-Core 231 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 437 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 2516) CLim: 2355 MHz, MLim: 4144 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 7.04 Parallax 137 114% 94.8 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 125 Splatting 102 107% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 63 31 131 0.9 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 380 Write 284 Mixed 281 SusWrite 81.1 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 24.2 122% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 136 132% 202 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 361GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 357 446 450 482 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 484 Mixed 457 SusWrite 440 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62.5 210% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 179 191 187 191 190 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 89.5 Write 196 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 187 88% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim WH 2TB 1,237 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 135 128 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 116 Write 126 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 129 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 23.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 74%

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

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Typical Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 309 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $76Bench 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: $848

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16