MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 16:54
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 216 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 422 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 355.82 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 41.8 27% 34.8 fps	MRender 41.7 Gravity 29.8 Splatting 33.3 28% 35 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 77GB free Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 64905545781598 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 886 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 47 42952753181 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 200365 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 43 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 88 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 200365 (F2) Unknown 100 100 154705 (F9) Unknown 100 100 69603	60% Above average	Read 450 Write 156 Mixed 227 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 17.5 96% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 40.4 46% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 82%
Asmt 2115 60GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 291 Write 17.2 Mixed 19.8 23% 109 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 2.78 48% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 16.7 DQ Write 25.8 DQ Mixed 2.8 7% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$49 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 102330144 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4384650755 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 882 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 49 21912485914 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 124902 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 -140737488355302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 12910671701505 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20225518760 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88043677807	111% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 199 Mixed 158 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

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	592x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	271x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	219x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	97x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	32x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	27x

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