MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	25.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (90%). 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	20.8 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 06:09
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	90%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (90^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 216 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 404 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.5% 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: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 141 Reflection 9.19 Parallax 8.31 115% 52.7 fps	MRender 2.24 Gravity 138 Splatting 0.7 35% 47 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.6% 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: 18 98 48 5.9 117 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 430 Write 3 Mixed 279 SusWrite 55.7 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 9.4 4K Mixed 0.6 6% 3.4 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 9.7 DQ Mixed 10.3 23% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 361GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 444 461 471 443 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 489 Mixed 465 SusWrite 460 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 63 212% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 182 182 184 182 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 131 Write 186 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 182 96% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim WH 2TB 1,237 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 133 128 127 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 131 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 69.4% 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 (63^rd percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 22.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 74%

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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