MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	69.2% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 06:19
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 584 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.2% 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 (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.4 87% 106 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 88.4 74% 90.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -46067818293027 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1300266 (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 1300266 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1336733 (F9) Unknown 100 100 45158	69.2% Good	Read 524 Write 213 Mixed 264 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 14.9 112% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 74.6 56% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 95%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 600GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 183 176 7841 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1248 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 696280 (C2) HDA temperature 131 102 21 (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	47.3% Average	Read 84.7 Write 79.9 Mixed 93.5 65% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 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 166 163 6683 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17590 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 60594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 3 3 591260 (C2) HDA temperature 128 88 22 (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	56.6% Above average	Read 114 Write 83.8 Mixed 82.5 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.14 58% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 62%

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Typical Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 1,421 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	582x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	264x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	215x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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