MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	16.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '16 at 19:19
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 581 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 93% 110 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 101 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 172GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 534 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 143 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 60 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 169980358	114% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 408 Mixed 418 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 46.9 176% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 26.2 101% 226 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2406 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 602 (B1) Unknown 97 97 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 55 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16597062045	78.9% Very good	Read 497 Write 336 Mixed 341 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 20.8 123% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 42.3 DQ Write 73.3 DQ Mixed 20.3 26% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 118%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 52GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3925 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2067 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2056 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2040 (C2) HDA temperature 107 104 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.7% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 60.6 Mixed 60 47% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 20GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.1% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 56%

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Typical Z87-S02 (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 153 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821)

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	77x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	45x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	12x

RAM
DDR3 1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 2,890 samples	24x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	18x
DDR3 1600 2x4GBUnknownBench 51%, 3,616 samples	13x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16