MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140604
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 12:33
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4770K-$490 47,068 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	69.2% Good	SC Int 105 SC Float 94.7 SC Mixed 96.5 79% 98.6 Pts	QC Int 302 QC Float 328 QC Mixed 337 73% 322 Pts	MC Int 526 MC Float 560 MC Mixed 552 82% 546 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 55,661 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Lighting 263 Reflection 224 Parallax 243 79% 243 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 232 Splatting 158 80% 186 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 746 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: SAFC01.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (96^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 1033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 323 (A2) Unknown 100 100 754 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 69 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3	103% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 496 Mixed 500 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 15.5 128% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 15.6 102% 235 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$150 9,520 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 223GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5630272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9002251453462 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 78 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 20 29 51541508116 (C2) HDA temperature 20 29 51541508116 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5630272 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5630272 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5630272 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3	92.9% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 291 Mixed 370 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 26.5 146% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 91.1 118% 212 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$163 42,794 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 27GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Relative performance (0^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 449 Write 306 Mixed 395 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.75 2% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 122%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$255 1,229 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 143 10991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 672 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 318 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 597 (C2) HDA temperature 129 106 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 110 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 49 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 195 195 1647	89.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 157 Mixed 155 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 3.43 4K Mixed 0.66 173% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$42 520,939 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 733GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 599 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 534 (C2) HDA temperature 121 111 22 (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	69.3% Good	Read 116 Write 125 Mixed 132 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 1,679 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled	47.9% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 121%

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Gaming 90%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 56%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $490Bench 80%, 47,068 samples	1,056x
Core i5-4670KIntel $270Bench 81%, 42,904 samples	586x
Core i7-4790KIntel $376Bench 88%, 136,972 samples	206x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	304x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 48%, 45,185 samples	246x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	212x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $174Bench 79%, 69,055 samples	173x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	136x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	133x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 10,309 samples	59x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 66%, 6,389 samples	51x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 60%, 11,630 samples	47x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $1,260

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $310	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12