MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '21 at 00:52
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 445 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 88% 107 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.5 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 794GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 427 426 424 422 422 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 428 Mixed 417 SusWrite 420 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58.8 172% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 90GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 146 149 136 146 140 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 294 Write 209 Mixed 231 SusWrite 145 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 32 127% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 155 122% 168 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 919GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 181 180 180 179 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 135 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 180 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 109%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 30GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 25 25 26 26 26 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 212 Write 24.7 Mixed 39 SusWrite 26.5 71% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 9.2 764% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 18.7 DQ Mixed 12 1,102% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 3,098 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 23.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 24.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 78%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16