MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.6% 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	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '20 at 20:00
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$65 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 191 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 443 48% 381 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 120 Parallax 107 95% 114 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 115 Splatting 96.8 82% 101 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 244 259 265 270 292 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 405 Write 227 Mixed 319 SusWrite 275 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 24 81% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 64.2 DQ Mixed 127 111% 173 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 10GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 56 69 64 64 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40% Below average	Read 76 Write 77.2 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 63.3 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 109 113 113 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 121 Write 106 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 110 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 83%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 155 159 161 161 157 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 164 Mixed 59 SusWrite 159 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 329% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 25GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 66 65 66 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 66.3 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 64.9 43% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 73%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 17GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 4.3 27 40 36 39 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 93.8 Write 36.7 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 28 54% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1 60% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.7% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 14.3 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 77%

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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 $127Bench 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 $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