MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	98.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130412
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '16 at 00:28
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 488 64% 483 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Nvidia(10DE 104B) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 439 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11527 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1129 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 87 87 394 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4823257056221 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1042 (C2) HDA temperature 72 43 249107382300 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4294967295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 87 87 13 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	98.1% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 426 Mixed 456 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 31.4 125% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 54.4 113% 229 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 100%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 712GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 483 Mixed 272 297% 401 MB/s	4K Read 2.55 4K Write 5.15 4K Mixed 0.88 299% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 249%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 23.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 72%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 34%

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	581x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	264x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	214x

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 $273	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 $179	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) $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