MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	97.7% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 21:20
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 497 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 126 Parallax 128 110% 130 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 128 Splatting 103 107% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 285 300 290 320 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 320 Mixed 264 SusWrite 303 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 42.2 153% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 189 174% 270 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 58GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 362 456 342 230 177 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 485 Mixed 387 SusWrite 334 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 57.4 200% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 147 117% 168 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 419GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 163 162 163 165 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 150 Mixed 91 SusWrite 163 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 34GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 38 Write 42.3 Mixed 30 SusWrite 42.6 52% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 21%
WD 0520AS External 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 224GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 43 43 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.5% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 41.5 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 42.4 53% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) Builds (Compare 260 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	29x

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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