MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.9% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7845
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING (MS-7845) (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 16:29
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 142 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 485 46% 380 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.7 91% 109 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 100 Splatting 98.3 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 135 162 162 170 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 288 Write 9.5 Mixed 136 SusWrite 152 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 36.6 115% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 31.3 41% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 87%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 109GB free Firmware: 90WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 393 388 389 395 393 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 456 Mixed 318 SusWrite 401 90% 397 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 53.3 193% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 142 161% 275 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 117%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 66GB free Firmware: S9FM SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 50 53 55 60 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.8% Below average	Read 258 Write 51.3 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 54.4 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 7.7 58% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 51.8 DQ Write 65 DQ Mixed 3.9 18% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 84%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 260GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 125 122 122 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 78.2 Write 114 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 124 69% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 86%
FCR-HS3 -3 8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 2GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	3.34% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 0.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 3.7 6% 6.05 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.34% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C10-8GTX 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 0420 F3-2666C12-8GTXD 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79.4% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 24.9 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 21.7 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 82%

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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	586x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	266x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	216x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	54x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	46x

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16