MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 07:54
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 231 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 607 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 118 Parallax 140 114% 133 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 111% 140 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5M mSATA 256GB-$240 416 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 375 344 382 389 379 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 362 Mixed 293 SusWrite 368 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 37.2 133% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 224 189% 274 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 96%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 142GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 928 664 663 660 659 668 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,380 Write 2038 Mixed 1,528 SusWrite 707 371% 1,663 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 79.3 260% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 577 DQ Mixed 833 612% 813 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 119GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 464 466 468 464 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 472 Mixed 401 SusWrite 466 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 58.9 196% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 647GB free Firmware: ECFM13.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2222 2235 2118 1045 1037 1050 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 1,378 Write 1,601 Mixed 1,614 SusWrite 1,618 352% 1,553 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 72.1 244% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,053 DQ Write 657 DQ Mixed 859 639% 856 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 284%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 211GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 89 90 91 90 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 177 Write 147 Mixed 89.9 SusWrite 89.3 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 930GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 96 98 98 98 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 151 Write 115 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 95.9 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 96%
Seagate ST12000VN0008-2JH101 12TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 155 158 162 155 159 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 64%

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Typical Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 1,421 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

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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	582x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	264x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	215x

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 $269	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 $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