MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130930
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '16 at 05:06
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 198 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 547 55% 448 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6905 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 198 Parallax 172 143% 182 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 166 Splatting 122 112% 138 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 90GB free Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,167 Write 1,455 Mixed 1,473 376% 1,698 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 60.3 226% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 497 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 202 218% 365 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5592 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 704 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (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 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9688187402
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 96 113601496 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1496 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 80 (07) Seek error rate 60 55 274942185881 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1480 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 66 66 34 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 67 64 555089953 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12467 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 73014444065 (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 106798656795336 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23552085167 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18785787152	90.4% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 144 Mixed 136 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.4 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 87%

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Typical Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 1,419 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) - $149

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	581x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	264x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	214x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	26x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $569

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 $178	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