MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '18 at 18:01
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 587 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 91% 111 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 101 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 270 269 283 249 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 473 Write 287 Mixed 273 SusWrite 272 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 24 97% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 82.8 DQ Mixed 128 110% 168 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 93GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 367 447 454 382 251 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 470 Mixed 388 SusWrite 389 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 61.5 204% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 740GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 99 104 106 102 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 66.5 Write 107 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 103 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 61%
Seagate ST1000VX001-1HH162 1TB 3,381 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 418GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 110 111 114 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 78 Write 74.2 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 111 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.2 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 25.4 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 86%

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Gaming 40%

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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	589x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	267x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	219x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x

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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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