MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.4% 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	109% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '16 at 03:26
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 211 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 582 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 20.19.0.32837 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 66 Reflection 59.4 Parallax 84.9 54% 70.1 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 76.3 53% 62.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 1TB 1,324 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10685 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1053 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 45 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 92 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36448416561	109% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 417 Mixed 428 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 33.2 162% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 29 102% 225 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 128%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10340 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1061 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2110162474	107% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28.6 162% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 100 134% 245 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 446GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 146 9433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 205488 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	59.4% Above average	Read 107 Write 99.9 Mixed 98 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.12 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 83%

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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 63%

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Gaming 40%

Jet ski

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	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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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