MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '16 at 11:36
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 621 69% 544 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 162 Parallax 138 125% 151 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 146 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 257GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3223 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1389 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 83 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 56 188979478553 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1838344935 (F7) Unknown 100 100 57545213 (F8) Unknown 100 100 18439813	77.5% Very good	Read 325 Write 423 Mixed 261 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 21.5 120% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 21.1 32% 57.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 111%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 149GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 2,041 Write 903 Mixed 1,119 297% 1,355 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 46.4 220% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 53 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 187 144% 187 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 243%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4302 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1865 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 190 (A9) Unknown 100 100 426 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 75 (AE) Unknown 100 100 128 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 38 163209609239 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 562 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19274 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8322 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9066 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	78.9% Very good	Read 418 Write 398 Mixed 290 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 17.6 119% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 17.3 30% 56.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 168 1316 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4963 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3436 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 105696 (C2) HDA temperature 125 102 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 529GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 20 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4264 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1844 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4154 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	78.6% Very good	Read 107 Write 167 Mixed 75.9 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.21 106% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 23.8 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 28.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 119%

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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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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