MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	91.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '19 at 21:13
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 563 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 123 Parallax 136 102% 128 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 124 Splatting 101 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO mSATA 250GB 1,851 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 32GB free Firmware: RVT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 303 317 302 301 281 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 477 Mixed 458 SusWrite 295 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 62.2 209% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 121%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 274 265 261 260 247 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 280 Mixed 247 SusWrite 258 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 41.2 130% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 228 198% 294 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 128%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 51GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 231 226 237 237 230 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 380 Write 316 Mixed 62 SusWrite 231 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 13 46% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 19.3 DQ Mixed 19.6 16% 23.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 56%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 162 156 149 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 133 Write 127 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 156 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 100%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 426GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 94 95 94 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 98.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 94 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.3% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 65%

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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 $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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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