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 (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '17 at 13:00
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 133 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 685 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Nvidia(10DE 104B) 3GB CLim: 1302 MHz, MLim: 1527 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12188 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1657 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 81 81 598 (AE) Unknown 100 100 117 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8916364429152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1523 (C2) HDA temperature 69 248 468143243295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4294967295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 81 81 19 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	100% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 407 Mixed 439 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 30.8 137% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 50.3 110% 226 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2.5TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	162% Outstanding	Read 336 Write 228 Mixed 207 192% 257 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 5.17 4K Mixed 0.47 197% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 322%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 335 Write 24.1 Mixed 55.3 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.05 10% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Mobile Drive 500GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 0GB free, PID fc1a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 74.7 Write 67.4 Mixed 30.1 69% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.19 19% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 23.7 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 72%

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Typical Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) Builds (Compare 1,424 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $80Bench 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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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16