MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	74.8% 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '17 at 17:07
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 228 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 618 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 200 Parallax 174 143% 183 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 170 Splatting 126 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 382GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 247 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 65 150324379673 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 955605783 (F7) Unknown 100 100 29870284 (F8) Unknown 100 100 47268590 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1949 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.2% Excellent	Read 482 Write 320 Mixed 340 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 15.1 106% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 42.3 86% 177 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 99%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR050 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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 354 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 60 171799281690 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7143854109 (F7) Unknown 100 100 224096968 (F8) Unknown 100 100 142213698 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1948 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	74.8% Very good	Read 479 Write 339 Mixed 338 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 14.9 104% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 14.8 40% 79.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 185GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11982 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2011 (B1) Unknown 93 93 73 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 465 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40151113805	89.4% Excellent	Read 501 Write 344 Mixed 354 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 26.2 144% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 45.5 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 87.8 80% 117 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 118%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34384445847 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 615 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 615 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 261993594917 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 177 Mixed 160 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 3.68 4K Mixed 0.43 155% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 142 9516 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4793 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3450 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 587 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 321762 (C2) HDA temperature 121 112 31 (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	51.7% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 81.6 Mixed 72 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.1 57% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1TB free Firmware: D781 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 119 Write 99.6 Mixed 70.1 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 7.15 4K Mixed 0.69 236% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 92%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 30GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 151 11183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 994 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 994 (10) Unknown 29 171 514457770592 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 800 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 35 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 114 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 109%

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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	586x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	264x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	216x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	46x

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

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Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16