MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	95.7% 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.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 08:32
Run Duration	329 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 680 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 117 Parallax 139 113% 132 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5M mSATA 256GB-$240 416 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 377 363 386 386 385 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 350 Mixed 272 SusWrite 374 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 38.6 130% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 223 190% 277 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 96%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 142GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 921 667 667 666 663 659 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,438 Write 1,913 Mixed 1507 SusWrite 707 366% 1,641 MB/s	4K Read 64.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 84.9 281% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,136 DQ Write 644 DQ Mixed 917 675% 899 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 119GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 479 480 481 479 481 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 440 Mixed 390 SusWrite 480 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.1 195% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 647GB free Firmware: ECFM13.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2307 2331 2141 1054 1054 1056 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 1,316 Write 1,823 Mixed 1,521 SusWrite 1,657 358% 1,580 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 76.8 251% 94.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,171 DQ Write 721 DQ Mixed 957 710% 950 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 284%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 211GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 91 90 91 90 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 174 Write 153 Mixed 95.9 SusWrite 89.7 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 101%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 930GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 166 167 167 167 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 123 Mixed 81 SusWrite 164 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 96%
Seagate ST12000VN0008-2JH101 12TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 165 160 162 164 165 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 64%

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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	586x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	264x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	216x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $139Bench 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
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	26x

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Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16