MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '20 at 07:33
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 402 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046C) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 58 Parallax 88.2 61% 73.8 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 77.9 57% 68.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 59% Great: 108%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 322GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 114 162 160 161 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 155 Write 74.5 Mixed 57 SusWrite 137 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 333GB free Firmware: CC6B SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 117 117 116 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 116 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 70%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 251GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 96 94 96 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 72 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 95.3 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16JTF51264AZ-1G4A1 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16JTF51264AZ-1G4A1 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 53%

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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%

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	28x

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 $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