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 as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 07:25
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 179 77% 127 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 603 59% 485 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 477 479 477 364 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 481 Mixed 453 SusWrite 425 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 55.7 192% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 361 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 16GB free Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 68 67 66 67 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 189 Write 109 Mixed 140 SusWrite 67.9 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 30 131% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 78.4 72% 110 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 61%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 286GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 57 58 59 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 78 Write 80.3 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 58.2 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 55%
WD Red 5TB (2014)-$58 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 747GB free Firmware: 0A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 108 110 111 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 110 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 98%
WD WD1501FASS-00U0B 1.5TB 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 140GB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 73 73 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 73.2 Write 74 Mixed 76 SusWrite 72.4 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 82%
WD WD20EACS-11BHUB0 2TB 1,089 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 557GB free Firmware: AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 97 97 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 72.8 Write 69.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 97.7 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 66%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 637 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 30GB free, PID 0109 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 20 Write 17 Mixed 18.3 SusWrite 17.7 25% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3.7 223% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 2x8GB 581 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 27 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 23.2 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 90%

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

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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 $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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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