MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.26% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	17.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '20 at 23:01
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 184 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 270 35% 263 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B E177) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 7.5 Parallax 2.91 3% 4.8 fps	MRender 14.3 Gravity 16.9 Splatting 22.1 15% 17.7 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 57 61 59 51 64 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
V Series SATA SSD 240GB 4,398 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 37GB free Firmware: V3.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 322 318 305 308 324 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 466 Write 385 Mixed 283 SusWrite 318 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 10.8 95% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 11.4 50% 109 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 91%
Flash USB Disk 537GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 421GB free, PID 3234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 10.8 Write 39.8 Mixed 18 SusWrite 38.2 40% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 3.4 769% 8.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1.9 DQ Write 20 DQ Mixed 3.6 810% 8.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 69%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 3TB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2TB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 39 38 38 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 37.7 Write 38.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 37.9 50% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1GX64V160K 0702 1GX64V160K 0702 51264V160K 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 59%

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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%

Sail boat

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 $293	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 $542	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16