MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	123% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 18:38
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 192 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 527 54% 437 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.86 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 193 Parallax 203 133% 186 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 185 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 634 97 159 601 81 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Corsai Force 3 SSD 120GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 14GB free Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 82 84 82 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 191 Write 67.2 Mixed 106 SusWrite 79.9 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 17.3 68% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 70.9 DQ Write 31.5 DQ Mixed 39.7 32% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 55%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 51GB free Firmware: 505CUA SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 200 204 201 176 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 443 Write 271 Mixed 280 SusWrite 197 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 39 147% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 163 151% 234 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 85%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 143GB free Firmware: M0C SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 325 317 298 324 315 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 359 Write 336 Mixed 306 SusWrite 311 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 34.6 116% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 214 164% 223 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 295GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 80 80 77 85 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 62 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 80 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 116GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 69 73 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 77.5 Write 50.5 Mixed 51 SusWrite 70.3 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 70%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 314GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 137 141 142 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 164 Write 135 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 140 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 21.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 86%

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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	583x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	264x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	216x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	30x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	26x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16