MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.7% 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	108% 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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 31 '18 at 11:33
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 587 57% 469 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB; Zotac GTX 1070 Mini CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 123 Parallax 116 93% 118 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 103 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0520AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3124 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 24 (A3) Unknown 100 100 343 (94) Unknown 100 100 397201 (95) Unknown 100 100 5697 (96) Unknown 100 100 5571 (97) Unknown 100 100 5674 (A4) Unknown 100 100 94282 (A5) Unknown 100 100 119 (A6) Unknown 100 100 21 (A7) Unknown 100 100 73 (A9) Unknown 100 100 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36447749406749 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 677269 (F2) Unknown 100 100 663340 (F5) Unknown 100 100 556853 (F6) Unknown 100 100 794402 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 458 Mixed 494 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 42.2 152% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 35.6 96% 204 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 355GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3917 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14357 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 277 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1447423 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 29 (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 22	45.5% Average	Read 82.4 Write 75.8 Mixed 89.5 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 314GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 157 4800 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1674 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 499 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9243 (C2) HDA temperature 114 83 33 (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 6880 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47% Average	Read 87.8 Write 75.6 Mixed 76.8 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 62%
Toshiba E300 2TB-$69 2,046 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 213GB free Firmware: MZ4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 86 (03) Spinup time 140 140 21491679474 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4218 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 180389412894 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.7% Good	Read 128 Write 108 Mixed 94 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.09 30% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Portable 500GB 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 166GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 41.4 Mixed 12.5 38% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.24 47% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 19%
HP c485w 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 3807 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	7.17% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 9.62 Mixed 11.2 16% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.85 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 30% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.17% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 71%

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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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
BX100 500GBCrucial $40Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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