MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	45.4% 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	63.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	51.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 22:15
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 76.5 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 166 65% 111 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 341 35% 284 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 1784) 3GB CLim: 1320 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.4% Average	Lighting 55 Reflection 50 Parallax 64.5 45% 56.5 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 48.7 46% 58 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10545111 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 50680614100728 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1305 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 98 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 21 32 55836672021 (C2) HDA temperature 21 32 55836672021 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10545111 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10545111 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10545111 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17933 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11268 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11268 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9714	63.4% Good	Read 462 Write 196 Mixed 215 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 13.7 84% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 41.5 73% 143 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 83GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1983 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1301 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1909 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 23 (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	83.6% Excellent	Read 161 Write 131 Mixed 111 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.28 93% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 75%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $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