MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 04:30
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 213 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 588 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 149 Parallax 130 116% 141 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 142 Splatting 111 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$119 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3397 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 136082 (A5) Unknown 100 100 184 (A6) Unknown 100 100 82 (A7) Unknown 100 100 133 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 448 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9938 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 647777 (F2) Unknown 100 100 876703 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1088656	56.2% Above average	Read 495 Write 277 Mixed 225 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 13.4 60% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 44.6 DQ Mixed 12.4 15% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 172GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14425 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 698 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 92249 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 96.8 Mixed 83.6 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 91GB free Firmware: HP23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149236657 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16062 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 426101144 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 4070 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 6 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 396 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 655687712 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 34359738400 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 23 149236657 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 107803679159694 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1106579479 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2779980768	39.3% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 67.1 Mixed 71.9 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 89GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16919 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 714 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 107828 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.1 Mixed 85 72% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.17 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 84%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 973GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 99.7 136% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.15 74% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 22.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 85%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	585x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	264x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	216x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	26x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16