MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131025
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '19 at 22:15
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-4590S-$182 4,701 User benchmarks, average bench 64% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	1-Core 108 2-Core 217 76% 162 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 432 58% 425 Pts	64-Core 424 28% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$369 706,612 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 304 Reflection 307 Parallax 361 81% 324 fps	MRender 209 Gravity 310 Splatting 227 80% 249 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$220 4,104 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 151 174 188 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 308 Write 205 Mixed 225 SusWrite 167 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 35.8 146% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 127 123% 195 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 82%
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GB 2,196 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 238GB free Firmware: EXT0AL6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 234 230 230 202 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 373 Write 173 Mixed 181 SusWrite 221 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 26.5 116% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 77.7 106% 199 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$35 343,574 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 312GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 81 94 96 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 172 Write 152 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 88.9 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$40 1,399,494 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 96 99 99 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 168 Write 140 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 98.3 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400 2OZ Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8GX 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 25.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 50%

Yacht

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) - $230

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $280Bench 71%, 86,161 samples	137x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 250,590 samples	134x
Core i7-4770KIntel $293Bench 71%, 98,334 samples	132x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 50%, 501,744 samples	137x
GTX 1070Nvidia $369Bench 78%, 706,612 samples	69x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $285Bench 56%, 747,470 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 112%, 382,161 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 119,480 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 106%, 519,572 samples	43x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 50,763 samples	28x
DDR3 2400 2OZ Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8GX 16GBUnknownBench 77%, 28 samples	22x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 23,391 samples	20x

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Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $1,016

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $138	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $340	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $51

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14