MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.9% 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '17 at 15:01
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 582 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Nvidia(10DE 1051) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52% Above average	Lighting 65.2 Reflection 61 Parallax 77.7 53% 67.9 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 46.3 50% 63 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1406 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4305453670 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 74 470679577 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 69968 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 55 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 69968 (F2) Unknown 100 100 60980	79.9% Very good	Read 365 Write 353 Mixed 359 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 21.1 117% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 122 115% 180 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1785 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 552 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 20 (EB) Unknown 99 99 102 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1003824721	78.1% Very good	Read 367 Write 280 Mixed 267 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 22.4 132% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 55.1 72% 135 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 288GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 220 158 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1951 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 498 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8943 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 33 (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	41% Average	Read 71.8 Write 71.1 Mixed 62.5 51% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.12 44% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 67%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$117 2,938 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 114GB free Firmware: ALF07M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2202 (0A) Spinup retry count 139 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 19711 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223339151392 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 37 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 181 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 116 Mixed 126 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 4.97 1,350% 11.3 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 3.86 68% 11.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 609 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 71%

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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 $129Bench 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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Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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