MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 11:27
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 184 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 412 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.8% Very good	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 107 Parallax 97 81% 101 fps	MRender 83.9 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 77.1 68% 84.5 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 960GB-$1,449 170 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 631GB free Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 25203323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -106970455471450 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 612 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 111 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 65 68723736628 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25203323 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25203323 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25203323 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2920 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1836 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1836 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2374	173% Outstanding	Read 1,404 Write 929 Mixed 1,082 252% 1,138 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 28.2 138% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 465 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 17.9 123% 287 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 193%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB-$160 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 725985038505 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 5072356380317 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1294 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 103 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 725985038505 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 725985038505 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 725985038505 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 110380659507300 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11697 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19627 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19627 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12012
Poor: 55% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 23.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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