MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 00:46
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 470 64% 475 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1640 MHz, MLim: 2072 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 78 Parallax 70.8 63% 75.2 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 61.9 58% 72.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 133 134 135 130 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 400 Mixed 348 SusWrite 148 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 55.5 203% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 170 181% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 134 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 150 Write 128 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 135 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) - $149

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	586x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	264x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	216x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	31x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16