MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.8% 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	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 20:35
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 655 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 124 Parallax 99.1 101% 116 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 134 Splatting 105 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 190GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18732576 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26113401159682 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 46 60132556828 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 60132556828 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18732576 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18732576 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18732576 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294959355 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2031636	58.5% Above average	Read 515 Write 202 Mixed 245 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 18.5 4K Mixed 18.4 72% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 83.4 DQ Write 81.1 DQ Mixed 47.9 45% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 65%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22163 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1983 (B1) Unknown 96 96 128 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 203 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12373317926	73.2% Very good	Read 504 Write 276 Mixed 373 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 19.7 96% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 75.8 DQ Mixed 58.4 73% 135 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 29787670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 67688684595423 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1765 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 214 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 47 47247720475 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 47247720475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 29787670 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 29787670 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 29787670 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14175 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13148 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13148 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10776	66.9% Good	Read 503 Write 105 Mixed 190 57% 266 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 11.7 120% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 40.3 60% 112 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 17.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 70%

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Gaming 43%

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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 $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 $46

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