MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	87.8% 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.

Run History

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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 11:12
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 490 65% 490 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.2 84% 103 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 98.4 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10921 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1089 (B1) Unknown 84 84 182 (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 69 46 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40415051487	87.8% Excellent	Read 498 Write 349 Mixed 342 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 21.4 138% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 45.9 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 21.1 53% 104 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 698GB free Firmware: 3.AEG Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 85 160183806 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4734 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 940626160 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3807 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 37 673644584 (C2) HDA temperature 40 63 42949673000 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 47 66144966 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.8% Average	Read 75.6 Write 69.9 Mixed 65.6 53% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.39 91% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 42%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 584GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 158 4875 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3014 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2592 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3014 (C2) HDA temperature 113 91 34 (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	56.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 91.9 Mixed 91.9 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.37 114% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 62%
Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 32GB-$20 701 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 28GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 40.5 Mixed 32.3 48% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 1.64 154% 5.45 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 DDR3 1600 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 64%

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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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16