MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130412
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 23:17
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 485 65% 485 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 122 Parallax 102 96% 114 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 107 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 95 106 109 103 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 487 Mixed 367 SusWrite 140 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58.7 206% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 236 212% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 245GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 86 85 88 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 70 Write 75.8 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 86.2 51% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 55%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 17GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 62 62 61 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 108 Write 97.7 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 60.3 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 59%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 184 182 180 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 190 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 182 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 182GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 102 102 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 96 Write 96 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 102 55% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 166GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 93 92 94 92 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 71.7 Write 70.7 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 92.6 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.7 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 62%

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Gaming 40%

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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