MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '21 at 22:59
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 206 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 538 58% 458 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.6% Very good	Lighting 89.4 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 82.6 73% 87.5 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 70.7 69% 87 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 664GB free Firmware: 415020RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 342 369 360 363 371 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 452 Mixed 370 SusWrite 346 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 33.7 156% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 198 176% 262 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 117%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$60 4,559 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 48 37 40 48 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 74.6 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 48.6 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 58%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 156GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 40 47 40 39 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 38.7 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 61: 9R 3G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
61%	37%	51	107	5	60	23.8"	1920 1080	DEL4124 S2418HN/NX

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Gaming 40%

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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 $300	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