MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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 (90%). 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 12:45
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 402 55% 409 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7866) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5144 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2.21% Terrible	Lighting 1.67 Reflection 2.08 Parallax 6.41 1% 3.38 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 1.53 Splatting 7.7 4% 4.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.21% Great: 3%
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 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.8% Below average	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 11.5 26% 35.5 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 34.7 42% 54.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 37 36 29 37 40 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: 125 154 156 158 153 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 159 Write 73.3 Mixed 57 SusWrite 150 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 335GB free Firmware: CC6B SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 78 109 116 113 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 107 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 70%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 251GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 93 95 92 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 89 Write 90.1 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 87.7 58% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.7% 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 as expected (44^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 259 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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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