MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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	39.5% 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	60.9% 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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '16 at 10:43
Run Duration	308 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (51^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 567 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.134.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Lighting 51.5 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 68.1 42% 51.4 fps	MRender 32.7 Gravity 50.6 Splatting 43.1 35% 42.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12628 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4489 (B1) Unknown 84 84 551 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 700 (F1) Unknown 99 99 57530026087	60.9% Good	Read 498 Write 250 Mixed 334 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 13.5 82% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 55.6 DQ Mixed 48.1 34% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 828GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12153 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8770 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 885 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 343326 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 7	40% Average	Read 67.9 Write 71.7 Mixed 68.9 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.38 75% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 57%
Hitachi HDT721064SLA360 640GB-$135 3,861 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 246GB free Firmware: STDOA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 118 (03) Spinup time 120 120 30087905634 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 8520 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 13091 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 13091 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 244813791276 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	35.9% Below average	Read 63.7 Write 61.1 Mixed 64.6 48% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 59%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 34GB free Firmware: CP100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5568 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 20054 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24765 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8563 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 162311 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BC) Unknown 60 60 4100 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 35 (C2) HDA temperature 127 70 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 162311 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 33 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 592	27.1% Poor	Read 45.5 Write 48.9 Mixed 54.2 38% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.32 70% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 43%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 17GB free Firmware: CP100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5632 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19364 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26830 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9371 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 435400 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 74 74 2708 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 34 (C2) HDA temperature 127 79 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 435400 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 44 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 72 72 9459	30.3% Below average	Read 47.9 Write 57.7 Mixed 47.2 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 43%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 738GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 107 Write 115 Mixed 112 145% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 59%
WD 7500AAV External 750GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 510GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 42 Write 40.6 Mixed 36 50% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.39 84% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 86%

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Gaming 40%

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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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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 $179	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