MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.2% 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	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '16 at 23:48
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 699 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 43.9 Parallax 39.5 39% 43.7 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 36.4 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT128MX100SSD1 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2TB free Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 54 52 40130972 (03) Spinup time 99 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3349 (05) Reallocated sector count 30 30 1450 (07) Seek error rate 50 50 5656618435009 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 121 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1652 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 753 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065673 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 39 116753694767 (C2) HDA temperature 47 61 12884901935 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 18 40130972 (C5) Current pending sector count 81 64 396 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 81 64 396 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	9.79% Terrible	Read 94.9 Write 87.7 Mixed 86.4 20% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.32 2% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.79% Great: 17%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st 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 100 100 514 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 32 (A3) Unknown 100 100 312 (94) Unknown 100 100 68989 (95) Unknown 100 100 987 (96) Unknown 100 100 804 (97) Unknown 100 100 972 (A4) Unknown 100 100 21251 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 59602137120812 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 87655 (F2) Unknown 100 100 116491 (F5) Unknown 100 100 125513 (F6) Unknown 100 100 137978 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.6% Very good	Read 491 Write 255 Mixed 275 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 24.2 108% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 18.7 69% 154 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 91%
MD15000-ALDW-RO 1.5TB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 283GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 147 141 9641 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3735 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2327 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 148 148 158269 (C2) HDA temperature 103 84 49 (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	39.8% Below average	Read 71.4 Write 67.1 Mixed 56.2 49% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.29 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX3M1A1333C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMV8GX3M1A1333C9 24GB 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 9.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 10 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns

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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 $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 $177	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