MSI Z87I (MS-7851)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44% 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.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI Z87I (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '16 at 09:27
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	2%

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 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)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 584 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 620 17,163 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 3547) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2.63% Terrible	Lighting 3.37 Reflection 3.77 Parallax 3.47 3% 3.53 fps	MRender 2.81 Gravity 4.2 Splatting 2.13 2% 3.05 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.63% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SVP100S2128G 128GB 578 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: CJRA0202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7117 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 182 182 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 72 58 180389150748 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	44% Average	Read 212 Write 159 Mixed 194 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 14.4 80% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 18.3 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 12.5 21% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 49%
Transcend SSD720 128GB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 28GB free Firmware: 5.0.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5596215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 30064771097368 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1081 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 143 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 59 38658572317 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5596215 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5596215 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5596215 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16859 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12025 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12025 (F2) Unknown 0 0 35198	70.4% Very good	Read 490 Write 123 Mixed 199 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 17.9 125% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 48.4 67% 123 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215784544 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6905 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 57466726 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6829 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 521732127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 27 27 146992 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -78146929943834 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20927634826 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14344456030	97.6% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 160 Mixed 147 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI Z87I (MS-7851) - $142

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	28x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	27x
Core i5-4570Intel $62Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	8x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	16x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	5x
Force GT 60GBCorsairBench 59%, 1,562 samples	4x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	7x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples	6x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $319

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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