MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


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.
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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150820
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '16 at 23:22
Run Duration	635 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	11%

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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 241 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 344 45% 339 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.2% Average	Lighting 57.4 Reflection 58.1 Parallax 50.9 47% 55.5 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 56.7 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 28249660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -48739288870882 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 26 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 36 85901705249 (C2) HDA temperature 33 36 85901705249 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 28249660 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 28249660 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 28249660 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7142 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4450 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4450 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3291	70.4% Very good	Read 481 Write 200 Mixed 237 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 18.3 103% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 48.9 77% 147 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 87%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 20GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4117 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 737 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 52 206159806505 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2632185775 (F7) Unknown 100 100 82450671 (F8) Unknown 100 100 131641920	87% Excellent	Read 510 Write 324 Mixed 395 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 29.7 125% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 48.3 79% 150 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 630GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 34752794 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2636 (05) Reallocated sector count 57 57 1763 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11761299 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 745 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475360776 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 689569829 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 85899345957 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 15 34752794 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -94248762327552 (F1) Unknown 100 253 693737349 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3798342961	59.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 99 Mixed 98.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.45 101% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 68%
USB2.0 CardReader CF 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 14GB free, PID 6230 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	1.53% Terrible	Read 4.3 Write 4.01 Mixed 4.04 5% 4.11 MB/s	4K Read 0.007 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.008 1% 0.008 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.53% Great: 2%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.95% Terrible	Read 22.9 Write 8.57 Mixed 11 16% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.05 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 28% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.95% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1,139 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 16.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 62%

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

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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 $50Bench 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 $278Bench 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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Total price: $848

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16