MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78% 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	93.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 15:40
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79 11,598 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 160 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 278 36% 274 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 101 79% 102 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 92.7 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 293 305 306 300 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 230 Mixed 249 SusWrite 301 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 34 139% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 196 178% 273 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 129%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 22GB free Firmware: 0636 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 72 88 76 83 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 30.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 80.7 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 28 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 21 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 86%

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Gaming 40%

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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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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