MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	63% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '21 at 18:38
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 187 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 576 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 144 Parallax 144 106% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 120 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 88 85 75 60 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 292 Write 190 Mixed 207 SusWrite 80.9 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 34.4 123% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 168 131% 181 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 240GB free Firmware: 6B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 460 456 459 463 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 466 Mixed 363 SusWrite 460 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 47.1 164% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 194 187% 296 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 548GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 109 112 111 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 130 Write 102 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 110 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 391GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 104 103 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 125 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 103 72% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.7 329% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.3% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 63%

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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 $127Bench 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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Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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