MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.5% 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 21:25
Run Duration	537 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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 1.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 80.5 1-Core 50.3 2-Core 85.1 48% 72 Pts	4-Core 127 8-Core 141 18% 134 Pts	64-Core 164 10% 164 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51.1% 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 (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 85.7 Reflection 96.6 Parallax 99.8 70% 94 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 87.1 Splatting 76.9 67% 82.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.9% 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 (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -58703612077852 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 128 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1301876 (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 1301876 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1338847 (F9) Unknown 100 100 45209	72.5% Very good	Read 504 Write 197 Mixed 252 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 15.4 132% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 93 DQ Mixed 82.7 58% 71 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 95%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 593GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 195 176 7225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1267 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 696341 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 28 (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	51.4% Above average	Read 77.1 Write 102 Mixed 98.1 70% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.15 90% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.4% 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 172 163 6400 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17607 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 60601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 3 3 592079 (C2) HDA temperature 122 88 28 (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	56.5% Above average	Read 113 Write 83.6 Mixed 80.9 69% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 67%
USB 2.0 Flash Disk 1GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 3323 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.51% Terrible	Read 10.3 Write 2.15 Mixed 2.99 5% 5.14 MB/s	4K Read 6.22 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 25% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.51% Great: 4%

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 (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 80%

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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