MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	91.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 18:30
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 195 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 555 55% 449 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7845) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 419GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11543 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1316 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 37 (A9) Unknown 100 100 705 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 161 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 42 180389871645 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 13 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2612 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2007 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9832 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	99.8% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 494 Mixed 485 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 27 136% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 57.1 86% 155 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 114%
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 2627 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1320 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 41 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 122527 (A5) Unknown 100 100 167 (A6) Unknown 100 100 66 (A7) Unknown 100 100 120 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 232 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 74264 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 642058 (F2) Unknown 100 100 345168 (F5) Unknown 100 100 980216	91.8% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 296 Mixed 373 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 32.8 135% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 66.4 107% 205 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 114%
Seagate ST2000NC000-1CX164 2TB 437 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: CE02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 42 39403896 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 77676427693 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23303 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2031 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 671 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 488112155 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2262 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 60129542171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 96 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 96 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 152 Mixed 142 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.21 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 4x8GB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.2 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 34%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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