MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.1% 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	66.2% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 months ago, 4 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '22 at 07:07
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$222 182,112 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 205 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 571 60% 469 Pts	64-Core 573 38% 573 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 210,099 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 126 Parallax 110 91% 116 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 108 Splatting 98.2 87% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 89%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 252,789 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7845) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	3.02% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 7.5 3% 4.67 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.3 3% 5.5 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.02% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$75 10,756 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 112 97 94 93 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 337 Write 117 Mixed 182 SusWrite 99.2 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 32.8 128% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 153 118% 162 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 80%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$75 10,756 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 111GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 114 119 120 114 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 388 Write 138 Mixed 184 SusWrite 119 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 39 154% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 156 119% 163 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 26,647 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 15.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 55% 72.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 44: 4R 5G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
44%	27%	67	283	202	60	24"	1920 1080	ACI2499 ML249

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $222Bench 78%, 182,112 samples	1,354x
Core i5-4670KIntel $165Bench 77%, 138,172 samples	721x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 83%, 404,043 samples	380x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 832,260 samples	253x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,234,782 samples	234x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,300,415 samples	220x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 96%, 222,359 samples	144x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 849,566 samples	136x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 106%, 758,178 samples	131x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 114,423 samples	84x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 23,810 samples	80x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 39,369 samples	73x

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Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $334	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16