MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.6% 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	75.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	15.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '16 at 18:31
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 693 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.6 Reflection 56.1 Parallax 72.5 51% 63.8 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 71.4 50% 59.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex3 LT 240GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 138007250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 129476084121987 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1950 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 546 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 138007250 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 138007250 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 138007250 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26857 (EA) Unknown 0 0 32825 (F1) Unknown 0 0 32825 (F2) Unknown 0 0 52281	75.3% Very good	Read 492 Write 187 Mixed 259 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 21.7 116% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 47.7 84% 166 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 87%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 108266121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -61100204745076 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 998 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 210 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 43 68722294811 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 68722294811 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 108266121 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 108266121 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 108266121 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12038 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12715 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12715 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15900	68.7% Good	Read 504 Write 127 Mixed 186 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 15.8 121% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 44.6 59% 107 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 73%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 874GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 166 6300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1852 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1205 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 115012 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 28 (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	45.8% Average	Read 86.3 Write 73.4 Mixed 73.5 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.19 46% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX6GX3M3C1600C7 1319 CL10-10-10 D3-1600 0215 CMX6GX3M3C1600C7 1319 CL10-10-10 D3-1600 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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 $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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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