MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	28.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z97-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140919
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 14:19
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 643 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 165 Parallax 184 140% 173 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 146 Splatting 110 116% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 117 63 25 24 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 303 Write 238 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 66.6 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 9 37% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 13.4 DQ Mixed 14.7 13% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 56%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 127GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 220 197 199 200 199 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 353 Write 350 Mixed 262 SusWrite 202 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 33.3 121% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 213 167% 232 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 339GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 104 114 110 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 151 Write 151 Mixed 101 SusWrite 111 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 20 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 16 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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