MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.72% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '17 at 22:48
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 98 2-Core 197 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 374 47% 358 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 7266) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 667 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	8.72% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12 Parallax 20.4 9% 14.4 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 14.8 Splatting 9.48 8% 10.2 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.72% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 256GB 2,468 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM05H1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11105 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3804 (AA) Unknown 94 94 3810 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 316 (AE) Unknown 99 99 532 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1311 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 31 34 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 52	58.6% Above average	Read 450 Write 234 Mixed 333 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 17.2 80% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 57.3 42% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 585GB free Firmware: JC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 25848099 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1610 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60065422 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6199 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1465 (B7) Unknown 47 47 53 (B8) Unknown 51 51 49 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 12885165744 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 9077850141 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 25769803805 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 18 25848099 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 19300 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -109263967999832 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3706419921 (F2) Unknown 100 253 109872733	60% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 102 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBH1X04H1BB31-16 2x4GB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 1,419 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

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Desktop 80%

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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 $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