MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '16 at 05:44
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 413 51% 391 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2977) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 70 Parallax 62.9 53% 66.1 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 56.9 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 620GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3631 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 915 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65539 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1651	82% Excellent	Read 503 Write 345 Mixed 322 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 10.6 100% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 10 82% 194 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 108%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 81746354 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -30880814839290 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 518 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 37 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 55837458463 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 81746354 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 81746354 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 81746354 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14101 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11605 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11605 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10690	60.5% Good	Read 459 Write 138 Mixed 192 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 16.3 105% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 12.3 26% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 612GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4145 (03) Spinup time 173 170 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3768 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1452 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3657 (C2) HDA temperature 117 91 30 (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 15	68.2% Good	Read 132 Write 105 Mixed 111 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.38 108% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 76%
WD My Book Essentials 1.5TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 728GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 35.5 Mixed 35.5 46% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 1,821 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 75%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 80%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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