MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	23.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '18 at 18:11
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 398 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 83 Parallax 73.4 66% 79.1 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 65.7 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair CMFSSD-128GBG2D 128GB 469 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 36GB free Firmware: VBM19C1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12378 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2740 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 113 (B2) Unknown 71 71 17 (B3) Unknown 96 96 125 (B4) Unknown 96 96 3715 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 71 71 43 (E9) Unknown 1 1 4294967294	33.6% Below average	Read 219 Write 165 Mixed 94.8 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 9.18 4K Mixed 6.78 49% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 8.42 DQ Mixed 6.01 8% 14 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 34%
Corsair CMFSSD-128GBG2D 128GB 469 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM19C1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 34584 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2195 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 60 60 2402 (B2) Unknown 90 90 6 (B3) Unknown 99 99 35 (B4) Unknown 99 99 3805 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 90 90 54 (E9) Unknown 98 98 52283148	23.4% Poor	Read 207 Write 66.2 Mixed 128 29% 134 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 4.65 4K Mixed 2.19 40% 10 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 34%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 137GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 137 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5407 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3312 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5206 (C2) HDA temperature 108 97 35 (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	61.2% Good	Read 117 Write 96.5 Mixed 96.6 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.47 97% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 96%

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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	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 $178	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