MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 04:40
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (94^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 579 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E387) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 78 Parallax 109 63% 88.1 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 62.6 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 52 39 49 50 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 502 Write 456 Mixed 361 SusWrite 77.6 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 41.3 155% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 179 166% 254 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 463GB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 110 109 112 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 109 71% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 62%
WD WD7501AAES-60Z2A0 750GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 184GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 86 87 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 128 Write 109 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 86.3 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 71%
47 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 9GB free, PID 5100 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 6.5 6.5 6.8 7 6.5 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 39 Write 28.5 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 7.1 29% 24 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.1 85% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 99U5584-005.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 99U5584-005.A00LF 16GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 61%

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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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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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