MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.9% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130617
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 14:37
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 521 55% 441 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 49.5 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 41.1 40% 45.5 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 37 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 233GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15518 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1070 (B1) Unknown 90 90 117 (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 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 38 38 62378 (EB) Unknown 99 99 150 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38714349573	77.8% Very good	Read 504 Write 245 Mixed 124 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 12.4 109% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 30.5 86% 187 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 85%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22517 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1506 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 81 81 592 (AE) Unknown 100 100 348 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 49 223337578527 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 81 81 19 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 73926994789 (F7) Unknown 100 100 824127371 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2767547668	82.9% Excellent	Read 485 Write 265 Mixed 332 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 27.2 117% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 40 93% 193 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 91%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 180 4958 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11856 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1630 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11522 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 33 (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 1 40752 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.6% Very good	Read 138 Write 129 Mixed 121 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225625448 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2168 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 48 163243658351 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1545 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 4883742755 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 875 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29921 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 -140737488355293 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 96709778605557 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17725705618 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13040780213	88.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 156 Mixed 139 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.32 98% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 678GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 188 170 3600 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4482 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 41740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3397 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1055 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3426 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 39 (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 200 199 149	79% Very good	Read 154 Write 121 Mixed 112 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.55 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 76%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 15GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 42.6 Write 15.8 Mixed 16.3 27% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.45 78% 4.44 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 76%

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Gaming 40%

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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	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 $179	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