MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.1% 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	47% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '16 at 05:51
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 206 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 364 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E215) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Lighting 18.7 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 24.3 15% 20.4 fps	MRender 14.8 Gravity 17.4 Splatting 20.7 15% 17.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 39GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4863877 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -5377299044318 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2889 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 891 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 74 77314261026 (C2) HDA temperature 34 74 77314261026 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4863877 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4863877 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4863877 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14652 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11068 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11068 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10118	72.8% Very good	Read 489 Write 196 Mixed 235 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 21.7 127% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 55.5 53% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 87%
Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA 60GB-$45 164 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 24722867 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -50457275787695 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1986 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 621 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 72 77314129969 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24722867 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24722867 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24722867 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12980 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10415 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10415 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8292	47% Average	Read 238 Write 86.1 Mixed 145 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 15.8 97% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 78.5 DQ Write 95.6 DQ Mixed 26.3 37% 66.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 76%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3645519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 99205154614514 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1892 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1190 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3645519 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3645519 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3645519 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20462 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22956 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22956 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18520	59.1% Above average	Read 449 Write 85.7 Mixed 138 48% 224 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 15.7 110% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 85 DQ Mixed 23.3 36% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 70%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 95GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 77.3 Write 84.7 Mixed 58.9 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 72GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81975104 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45874802 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2667 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 63 49 689831973 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 753 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39216 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 73014444069 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 20104741918807 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54277062868 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52080023096	79.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 156 Mixed 117 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.12 34% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 112%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 10GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 14.7 Mixed 17.2 25% 22.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.71 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 113% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD8GX3M2A1600C8 0215 CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMD8GX3M2A1600C8 0215 CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.1% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $269	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 $40	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