MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	139% 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.
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	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '17 at 20:20
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (97^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 616 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3604) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3102 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 218 Parallax 197 159% 203 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 201 Splatting 138 129% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8239 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 989 (B1) Unknown 98 98 73 (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 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 97586852669
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 512GB-$500 1,815 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 36GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20883 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3070 (B1) Unknown 90 90 343 (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 42 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 349 (F1) Unknown 99 99 117470915114	81.5% Excellent	Read 506 Write 337 Mixed 433 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 24.3 106% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 74.8 87% 155 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDN728080ALE604 4TB 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 7017 (03) Spinup time 172 171 8375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 378 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 27 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.9% Good	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 120 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.29 94% 1.01 MB/s

WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 146 11116 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 995 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (10) Unknown 5 195 104024231827 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 921 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 149 Write 135 Mixed 139 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.92 4K Mixed 0.22 119% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 98%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 361GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 126 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12490 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5914 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 104920 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 32 (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	38.6% Below average	Read 69 Write 65.9 Mixed 67.5 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.08 31% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 263GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7656 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 24038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3758 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 348 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7309 (C2) HDA temperature 111 90 36 (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	72.9% Very good	Read 147 Write 107 Mixed 105 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.34 109% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 76%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 25.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 109%

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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 $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