MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.6% 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	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '17 at 22:52
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 616 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 30 Parallax 28.2 19% 27.2 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 32.8 24% 28.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 128GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 76GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 793 Write 729 Mixed 775 171% 765 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 27.5 113% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 481 DQ Mixed 146 165% 270 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 103%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 128GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 827 Write 733 Mixed 758 172% 773 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 24.9 95% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 149 170% 280 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 103%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 274GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 55 (03) Spinup time 216 200 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7347 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7320 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 29 (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	99% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 142 Mixed 154 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.36 126% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 117%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 239GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 196 2800 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7388 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7388 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67% Good	Read 115 Write 119 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.58 136% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 24.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

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Workstation 34%

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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