MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 17:54
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 256 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 691 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 72.6 62% 76.7 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 63.9 57% 71 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5989 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 279 (B1) Unknown 98 98 40 (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 67 47 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19009739783	116% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 406 Mixed 413 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 47.1 184% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 114 141% 250 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WD WD7500AYYS-01RCA0 750GB 1,767 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 698GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 186 7300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 992 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 369 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1238 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 42 (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 200 200 248 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.7% Above average	Read 93 Write 86.6 Mixed 83.8 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.44 125% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 441GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 140 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2309 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2287 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2135 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 26 (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	70.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 124 Mixed 120 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 370GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92117148 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 319023760 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 1023 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 404226072 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 21474836504 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 29 92117148 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.3% Average	Read 79.6 Write 78.2 Mixed 75.2 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.34 86% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 60%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 154GB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 101 Write 121 Mixed 76.9 74% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 3.76 4K Mixed 0.38 147% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 64%
MDT MD5000AAJS-00TKA0 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 82GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3768 (03) Spinup time 174 168 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1563 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9199 (C2) HDA temperature 122 88 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 193 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 195 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	39.4% Below average	Read 70.3 Write 66.6 Mixed 74.2 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 46%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 18GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 135 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5474 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1721 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 349 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5124 (C2) HDA temperature 116 78 27 (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 284738 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.1% Below average	Read 52.6 Write 59.3 Mixed 69.8 46% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.1 38% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.9% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 10.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 85%

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Desktop 80%

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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 $129Bench 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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Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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) $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