MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	76.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 20:51
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 192 78% 131 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 373 49% 370 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 148 Parallax 125 111% 137 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 130 Splatting 111 93% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 75 68 64 58 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 431 Write 148 Mixed 186 SusWrite 70.2 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 35.4 146% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 98.8 DQ Mixed 98.1 108% 189 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 110%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 40GB free Firmware: 1AA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 55 55 53 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 62.3 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 53.8 37% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 39GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 36 38 37 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 30.3 Write 53 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 37 30% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 57%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 647GB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 88 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 93 Mixed 67 SusWrite 89.6 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 100%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 2,795 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 12GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 29 33 16 27 24 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 122 Write 29 Mixed 37 SusWrite 26.8 57% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.5 135% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.6 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%

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Typical Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 1,419 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	581x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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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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 $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