MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.9% 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)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '20 at 16:22
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 377 49% 369 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (91^st percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (72 fps cap detected)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 72.5 Reflection 59 Parallax 73 59% 68.2 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 70.9 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 223GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 440 181 104 106 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 447 Mixed 428 SusWrite 231 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 34.1 164% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 48.6 115% 238 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 92%
KingFast 120GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 109GB free Firmware: 1.092.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 126 125 126 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 492 Write 121 Mixed 158 SusWrite 125 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 6.3 74% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 90.1 DQ Mixed 7.4 24% 49.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 83%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 69 69 74 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 77.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 67.4 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 143GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 77 79 80 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 80.5 Write 69.7 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 79.5 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 62%
WD WD2500AVJS-63B6A0 250GB 1,727 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 233GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 80 81 83 89 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 76.8 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 83.8 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C12 2x8GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28.2 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 25.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 80%

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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	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) $30	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