MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94% 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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 00:21
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 479 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.2 90% 106 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 99.8 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: R040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 440 282 226 237 228 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 312 Write 477 Mixed 372 SusWrite 306 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.9 155% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 329 249% 335 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 99%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 147GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 207 209 210 211 208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 337 Write 330 Mixed 253 SusWrite 208 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 36.8 128% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 161 130% 181 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 165 164 164 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 135 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 162 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 72GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 105 105 106 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 137 Write 102 Mixed 90 SusWrite 104 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 71%

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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