MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 16:43
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 95.9 1-Core 79.9 2-Core 130 65% 102 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 399 37% 310 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.2% 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 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.9 91% 108 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 331 Write 195 Mixed 224 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 37.4 130% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 36 45% 74.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 109GB free Firmware: X611 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 338 341 343 342 343 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 341 Write 346 Mixed 275 SusWrite 338 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 42.9 146% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 122 102% 145 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 117%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 66GB free Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 44 42 49 48 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 296 Write 52 Mixed 105 SusWrite 45.9 27% 125 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 6.4 62% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 52.6 DQ Write 55.2 DQ Mixed 9.6 19% 39.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 84%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 260GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 106 121 115 120 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 116 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C10-8GTX 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 0420 F3-2666C12-8GTXD 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.4% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 24.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 82%

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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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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 $178	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