MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	11.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '20 at 04:50
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 608 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 64 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 60.8 52% 64.2 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 54.7 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SP1 128GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 288 Write 136 Mixed 67.3 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 26.5 129% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 115 99% 152 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 89%
Sata SSD 480GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 0GB free Firmware: 61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 461 Write 303 Mixed 203 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 37.9 104% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 12.7 DQ Mixed 136 99% 137 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 81%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 266GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 152 157 154 153 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 67 Write 116 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 154 65% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 64%

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

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Typical Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) Builds (Compare 260 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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	29x

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16