MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 19:04
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 503 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 119F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 70.9 66% 77.9 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 73 Splatting 72.7 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 mSATA 250GB 974 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th 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 1741 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1156 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1047 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 38 266288758830 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4162484621 (F7) Unknown 100 100 130224643 (F8) Unknown 100 100 54809988	80.7% Excellent	Read 511 Write 391 Mixed 412 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 26.9 112% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 85.9 DQ Mixed 15.9 24% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 462GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 69 74104792 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20871 (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 427 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 184311591 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10280 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 37974 (BC) Unknown 100 97 47245361226 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 606339108 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 38654705700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 23 74104792 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 79 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 79 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 66503273649288 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3769594515 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3563227229	70.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 120 Mixed 110 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.48 111% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 277GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 170 3516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1099 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1090 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 993 (C2) HDA temperature 107 106 40 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.4% Good	Read 142 Write 99.5 Mixed 97.8 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.39 104% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 1x8GB 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1548 MHz Performing below potential (94^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.6% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.4 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 34%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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