MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 18:25
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 588 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 86% 107 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 89.2 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8884 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3428 (B1) Unknown 91 91 102 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 407 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30751792614	90.7% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 340 Mixed 330 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 23.1 128% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 69.4 114% 224 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77275936 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 76305862 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3387 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 77 59 437649431 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 296 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64669 (C2) HDA temperature 23 41 25769803799 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -125821066930591 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22727925215 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64278921277	99.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 183 Mixed 157 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.34 100% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 114%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4GB free Firmware: FH100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4352 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18276 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4498 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 16080 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 172 106 738394134 (C2) HDA temperature 172 103 755171350 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 16080 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	31.3% Below average	Read 53.4 Write 55.5 Mixed 50.7 40% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.36 81% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 56%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 022a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 110 Write 129 Mixed 90.2 142% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.93 4K Mixed 0.35 114% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18KSF1G72AZ-1G6P1 1311 M2F8G64CB8HC5N-DI 1311 M2F4G64CB88C7N-DI 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.9% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 56%

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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 $40	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