MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 18:39
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 185 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 366 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 30 Parallax 55.2 34% 42.3 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 36 Splatting 36.2 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9230 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2495 (E8) Unknown 100 100 30747927225 (E9) Unknown 95 0 95	95.1% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 380 Mixed 406 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 33 134% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 120 141% 244 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 104%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$91 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 182GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 134 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4682 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4564 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.6% Above average	Read 92 Write 87.3 Mixed 93.2 69% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.18 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 3,657 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.3 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 23.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 83%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) - $230

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	60x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	59x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 4,160 samples	14x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	8x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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