MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	81.4% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 04:25
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 645 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 117% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 139 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 256GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 3456 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 138907 (A5) Unknown 100 100 188 (A6) Unknown 100 100 86 (A7) Unknown 100 100 136 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 466 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10148 (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 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 660560 (F2) Unknown 100 100 894059 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1111256	81.4% Excellent	Read 493 Write 278 Mixed 310 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 29.6 126% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 17.6 52% 105 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 115%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 454GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 172 3150 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14565 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 96336 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 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	83.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 138 Mixed 134 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 382GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17055 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 781 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 270 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 109487 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 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	69.6% Good	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 117 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.29 97% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 263GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 165 6483 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14837 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 14836 (C0) Power-off retract count 186 186 10546 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 68474 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.2% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 94.7 Mixed 92.7 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.12 82% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 87%

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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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Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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