MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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

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System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 20:03
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 501 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 119F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 70.7 66% 77.9 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 75.3 61% 74.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 mSATA 250GB 974 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^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 1742 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1164 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1047 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 38 266288758833 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4208120189 (F7) Unknown 100 100 131653574 (F8) Unknown 100 100 55126496	74.8% Very good	Read 511 Write 389 Mixed 411 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 14.3 97% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 87.5 DQ Mixed 12.5 22% 41.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 462GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 69 76442798 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20887 (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 427 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 184314756 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10288 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 37974 (BC) Unknown 100 97 47245361226 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 639893542 (C2) HDA temperature 38 46 38654705702 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 23 76442798 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 79 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 79 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 104329050625171 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3771711394 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3564323051	68.4% Good	Read 126 Write 112 Mixed 108 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.51 115% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 277GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 170 3591 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1107 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3301 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1098 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 995 (C2) HDA temperature 106 106 41 (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	67.2% Good	Read 132 Write 102 Mixed 95.2 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.28 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 1x8GB 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1934 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 34%

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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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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