MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% 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	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 07:31
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 644 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% 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; MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Sea Hawk EK X, 360-037R CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3052 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 208 Parallax 192 156% 197 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 191 Splatting 134 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10924 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1477 (B1) Unknown 98 98 107 (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 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 140933308156	118% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 490 Mixed 512 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48.5 171% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 161 168% 276 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 512GB-$500 1,815 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 22GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23560 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3555 (B1) Unknown 90 90 358 (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 42 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 389 (F1) Unknown 99 99 124838281186	76.8% Very good	Read 492 Write 302 Mixed 372 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 22.5 101% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 59.4 77% 144 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%
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 way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 146 11050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1481 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1471 (10) Unknown 9 191 166220704440 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1367 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 36 (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	92.3% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 146 Mixed 142 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.25 111% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 98%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 845GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 126 6241 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6401 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 107594 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 30 (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	40.7% Average	Read 78.3 Write 63.8 Mixed 73.4 54% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.04 28% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 552GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8143 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4244 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 389 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7755 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 84.2 Mixed 81.2 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52% 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)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 25.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 109%

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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 $129Bench 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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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