MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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	104% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130617
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 06 '20 at 21:55
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 406 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7845) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 120 Parallax 125 104% 124 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 118 Splatting 103 105% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 459 443 259 410 458 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 460 Mixed 381 SusWrite 416 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 50.6 177% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 274 202% 265 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 371GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 142 145 144 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 145 Mixed 87 SusWrite 145 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 109%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 268GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 50 50 51 52 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 48.5 Write 53.5 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 50.7 32% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 64%

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

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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 $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