MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	67.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 21:21
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing below expectations (22^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-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 98.4 1-Core 25.5 2-Core 36.3 43% 53.4 Pts	4-Core 79.2 8-Core 112 12% 95.5 Pts	64-Core 115 7% 115 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.8% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 114 Parallax 113 64% 102 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 83.3 75% 92.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -29463474726692 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 112 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1299577 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 50 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1299577 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1336254 (F9) Unknown 100 100 45141	66.8% Good	Read 488 Write 218 Mixed 225 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 18.5 108% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 12.9 20% 37.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 95%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 625GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 195 176 7241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 696238 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 2	45.9% Average	Read 89.6 Write 70.1 Mixed 86.9 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 325GB free Firmware: AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 163 6733 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17587 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 60593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 3 3 591233 (C2) HDA temperature 117 88 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 196 93 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 197 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 89 0	55.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 84.4 Mixed 83.5 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GB 567 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 5.9 20% 6.83 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 5.6 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 44.2 90% 44.2 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 35%

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Gaming 40%

Jet ski

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	589x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	266x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	218x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	27x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16