MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.9% 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	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '19 at 16:20
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 583 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 109 Parallax 92.3 87% 103 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 100 81% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 461 460 450 371 290 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 444 Mixed 420 SusWrite 412 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 55.4 184% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 46.8 114% 237 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 63GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,505 Write 1903 Mixed 1,377 358% 1,595 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 87.2 292% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 64.8 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 81.1 71% 102 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 61 60 63 63 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 90.3 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 61 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 68%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 71 76 80 82 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 7.5 Write 1.7 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 79.6 23% 31 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.2 400% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 71%

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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 $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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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