MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130922
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '16 at 17:59
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 202 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 393 51% 386 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 88% 106 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 97 Splatting 86.3 75% 91.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 81GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3687 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 492 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 73 57 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3155555878	107% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 397 Mixed 412 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 43.5 159% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 118 142% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15108910 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -46626164956309 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1378 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 94 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 64 60133736473 (C2) HDA temperature 25 64 60133736473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15108910 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15108910 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15108910 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22583 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7821 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7821 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9302	57% Above average	Read 493 Write 141 Mixed 185 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 12.7 76% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 11 44% 97.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 195GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 152 149 3383 (04) Start/Stop count 71 71 29297 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4765 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BE) vendor-specific 73 35 99406446619 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 8711 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 779830 (C2) HDA temperature 120 82 27 (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	31.5% Below average	Read 55.7 Write 53.7 Mixed 55.9 42% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.3 73% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 DDR3 1600 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 DDR3 1600 16GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 16 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 63%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $289

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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