MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	70.9% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160217
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '17 at 14:28
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 208 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 287 38% 287 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(1642 3D79) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.74% Terrible	Lighting 8.47 Reflection 9 Parallax 10.6 7% 9.35 fps	MRender 7.67 Gravity 7.57 Splatting 8.22 6% 7.82 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.74% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1523 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (A5) Unknown 100 100 163237462385 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 51 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 464 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 34 146029805594 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1421650952523 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 541 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1857 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1369 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1051 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.9% Very good	Read 450 Write 323 Mixed 282 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 12.8 98% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 12.3 39% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 93%
Samsung MZMPC032HBCD-00000 32GB 237 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 30GB free Firmware: CXM1201Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7762 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1150 (B1) Unknown 97 97 90 (B3) Unknown 96 96 30 (B4) Unknown 96 96 786 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 530 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2625107505	45% Average	Read 368 Write 84 Mixed 137 42% 196 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 13.1 68% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 33.2 DQ Mixed 28.5 43% 85.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4.5TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 186233536 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45298335 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 686 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 66 454623257 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 723 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4130 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 100 186233536 (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 -78030965832888 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6459521748 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9961723832	85.8% Excellent	Read 166 Write 131 Mixed 96.8 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 7.98 4K Mixed 0.73 277% 3.29 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4.5TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 184818864 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8717126420 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2046 (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 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 454623258 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 656 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4464 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 100 184818864 (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 33814277522654 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31642723893 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29940686361	72.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 115 Mixed 77 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 7.94 4K Mixed 0.61 258% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.9% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.1 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 79%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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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