MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	32.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.3% 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	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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 19:02
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Memory 67.5 68% 67.5 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	32.4% Below average	Lighting 60.2 Reflection 58.6 Parallax 83.8 49% 67.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 643 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 204 (A9) Unknown 100 100 325 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 103 (AE) Unknown 100 100 220 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 45 193274249252 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 811 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 26836 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11124 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13241 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 400 Write 392 Mixed 361 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 22.2 129% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 43.8 85% 173 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 99%
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 96GB free Firmware: DC8110B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26397 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 1 (B1) Unknown 100 100 296782 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1728 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 350369 (F2) Unknown 100 100 377100	103% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 419 Mixed 442 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 39.6 146% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 105 131% 233 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 204GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 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 1079 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1048 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5735 (C2) HDA temperature 103 91 40 (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	49.6% Average	Read 109 Write 63.3 Mixed 88.1 66% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.27 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 65%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 87GB free Firmware: 03.00C09 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1116 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21057 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 658 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2026 (C2) HDA temperature 104 93 46 (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	51.6% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 92.4 Mixed 76.4 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.37 93% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 62%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 21GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 146 Write 48.7 Mixed 51.7 86% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.84 104% 6.94 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 68%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $79Bench 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: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16