MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	139% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 7680 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 19:07
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 468 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.6% 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. 10.18.14.4222 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 209 Parallax 197 162% 202 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 190 Splatting 130 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 284GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10956 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 79 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 32 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2871432972	110% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.1 196% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 48.8 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 61 60% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 128%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 222GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28005 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1586 (B1) Unknown 98 98 46 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 200 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4088472976	65.9% Good	Read 372 Write 364 Mixed 364 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 17.5 89% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 85.7 DQ Mixed 15.2 23% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5154 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 47 (B1) Unknown 98 98 41 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 48 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35486658249
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 129 129 38685901286 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5408 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5898 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5898 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 266289086509 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73.9% Very good	Read 117 Write 141 Mixed 158 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.24 108% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 69%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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