MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.1% 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	45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 04:10
Run Duration	428 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 575 57% 467 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 62.9 57% 67.1 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 56 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 51GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14449 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1203 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 77 52 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40972564151	90.2% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 350 Mixed 357 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 27.5 126% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 87.6 108% 194 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19796 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2100 (B1) Unknown 32 32 824 (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 75 51 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 19 (EB) Unknown 99 99 139 (F1) Unknown 99 99 133447233645	45.7% Average	Read 350 Write 38 Mixed 52.4 31% 147 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 9.35 79% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 55.7 DQ Mixed 24.4 52% 112 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 73%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$84 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 48GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1318 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1299 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1288 (C2) HDA temperature 126 109 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.5% Average	Read 78 Write 80.3 Mixed 85 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 19GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2083 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1981 (C2) HDA temperature 119 92 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40% Below average	Read 77.9 Write 61.3 Mixed 63.1 51% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.24 74% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 76%
Generic Flash Disk 1GB 2,763 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	4.72% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 3.47 Mixed 4.33 8% 8.43 MB/s	4K Read 5.95 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.006 22% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.72% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 80%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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