MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.9% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '20 at 23:28
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 403 51% 387 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.8% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 101 Parallax 94.2 76% 96.4 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 89.9 72% 87.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GB 4,594 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 53GB free Firmware: EXT0AL6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 252 254 254 253 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 454 Write 250 Mixed 187 SusWrite 253 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 33 130% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 83.9 125% 238 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 91%
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 149 144 168 165 144 MB/s Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.9% Good	Read 260 Write 202 Mixed 201 SusWrite 155 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 31.7 126% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 134 128% 202 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 460GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 152 146 144 144 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 0.5 Write 166 Mixed 5 SusWrite 144 56% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0 45% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 577GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 145 146 145 146 144 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 161 Write 151 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 145 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8GX 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1600, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 19.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 86%

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Typical Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) Builds (Compare 258 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

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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	27x

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 $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