MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 17:33
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 459 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 67.9 63% 74.6 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 71 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 464 466 475 475 476 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 474 Mixed 295 SusWrite 469 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 26.3 111% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 247 214% 317 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 121%
OCZ AGILITY3 360GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 139GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 110 110 113 109 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 158 Write 167 Mixed 130 SusWrite 114 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 16.8 61% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 73.1 DQ Write 47.2 DQ Mixed 41.7 36% 54 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 34%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 215GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 83 84 85 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 81.1 Write 78.8 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 82.9 57% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 57%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 46GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 45 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 43.9 32% 43.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.3 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 25.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

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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	28x

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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $630

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 $179	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