MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 01:05
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 112 2-Core 212 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 564 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 171 Parallax 182 148% 178 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 155 Splatting 115 121% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 540ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 129 130 144 140 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 390 Write 191 Mixed 194 SusWrite 140 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 37.5 142% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 150 121% 168 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 91%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 10GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 130 114 120 118 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 441 Write 142 Mixed 198 SusWrite 123 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 40.8 161% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 151 118% 162 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 150GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 135 135 134 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 155 Write 118 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 134 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 7.5 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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) $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