MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 13:49
Run Duration	98 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 188 79% 132 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 550 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2830 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 50 (A3) Unknown 100 100 650 (94) Unknown 100 100 217847 (95) Unknown 100 100 3218 (96) Unknown 100 100 3074 (97) Unknown 100 100 3204 (A4) Unknown 100 100 76102 (A5) Unknown 100 100 74 (A6) Unknown 100 100 26 (A7) Unknown 100 100 59 (A9) Unknown 100 100 95 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43044819173408 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 747358 (F2) Unknown 100 100 551923 (F5) Unknown 100 100 898954 (F6) Unknown 100 100 871388 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.6% Very good	Read 488 Write 256 Mixed 269 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 24.4 108% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 43.4 81% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 95%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 86GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20675066 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 122732985470672 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 381 (B1) Unknown 0 0 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 44 68722360350 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 68722360350 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20675066 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20675066 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20675066 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28716 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25383 (F1) Unknown 0 0 25383 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16777	77.5% Very good	Read 493 Write 199 Mixed 240 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 21.3 127% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 56.8 80% 147 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 92%

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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%

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 $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