MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics99.2% 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 Drive91.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7845
MotherboardMSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)  (all builds)
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130617
Uptime12.7 Days
Run DateDec 21 '20 at 21:09
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
77.2% Very good
Memory 87.9
1-Core 107
2-Core 211
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 385
8-Core 388
52% 386 Pts
64-Core 402
25% 402 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
99.2% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 131
Parallax 121
103% 126 fps
MRender 93.7
Gravity 129
Splatting 112
92% 112 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 99.2%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 344 286 279 268 261 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
91.7% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 379
Mixed 289
SusWrite 300
80% 357 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 96.9
4K Mixed 40.8
149% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 222
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 139
122% 182 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 91.7%
Great: 133%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109
256GB free
Firmware: RVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 335 155 84 83 83 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Read 361
Write 344
Mixed 313
SusWrite 174
67% 298 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 80
4K Mixed 43.7
148% 52 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 157
DQ Mixed 223
162% 213 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 121%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 134 130 130 128 130 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
77.1% Very good
Read 138
Write 129
Mixed 69.2
SusWrite 130
85% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
28.4% Poor
MC Read 9
MC Write 9.4
MC Mixed 7.9
25% 8.77 GB/s
SC Read 8.4
SC Write 9.8
SC Mixed 8.8
26% 9 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 28.4%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 1,419 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) - $149

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $569
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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