MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	17.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131203
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 21:36
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 218 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 626 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 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 (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 145 145 143 144 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 285 Write 196 Mixed 203 SusWrite 144 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 37.4 128% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 70.8 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 77.4 68% 98.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 87%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 100GB free Firmware: 90WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 372 369 374 372 375 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 415 Mixed 256 SusWrite 374 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 53.7 178% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 258 210% 298 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 117%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 99GB free Firmware: S9FM SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 70 74 73 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 351 Write 77.7 Mixed 112 SusWrite 72.9 33% 153 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 11.8 83% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 77.5 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 10.2 29% 60.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 84%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$50 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 424GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 52 49 52 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 99.5 Write 93.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 50.7 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.2% 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	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 82%

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Typical Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 1,438 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	589x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	267x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	219x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	31x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	27x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16