MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	162% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '23 at 02:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$55 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 96.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 373 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Nvidia(10DE 146A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 545.84 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 238 Reflection 215 Parallax 208 194% 221 fps	MRender 254 Gravity 160 Splatting 131 143% 182 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 855GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 163 174 180 178 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 182 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 170 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 188 188 185 186 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 77 Write 125 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 186 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.9 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 24.9 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	24"	1280 720	BNQ7F32 BenQ XL2411Z

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Typical Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 1,434 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	588x
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 $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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