MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 9 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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 08:07
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 587 64% 506 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2872) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 23.6 Parallax 31 20% 26.5 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 24.6 23% 29.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 81 74 71 73 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.2% Below average	Read 99.3 Write 135 Mixed 91 SusWrite 69.3 22% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 15.4 80% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 40.6 41% 63.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 87%
Toshiba Q300. 960GB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 550GB free Firmware: SAFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 324 259 263 286 282 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 361 Write 350 Mixed 289 SusWrite 281 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 35.7 125% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 35.2 76% 156 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 103%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 437GB free Firmware: CR10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 10 10 10 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 67.8 Write 10.3 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 10.2 19% 26 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 44%
WD WD1600AVVS-63L2B0 160GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 84GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 69 70 68 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 66 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 68.3 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 76%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 40%

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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