MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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	84.7% 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	25.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 19:43
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	GRL-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 408 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 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% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 100 86% 107 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 98 Splatting 103 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 110GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 4923685 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 101533026900906 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1613 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 224 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 21 41 68722163733 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4923685 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4923685 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4923685 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12032 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12349 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12349 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10058	80.2% Excellent	Read 465 Write 209 Mixed 249 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 21.8 125% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 73.4 110% 207 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 90%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 66GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5064215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 14826227106248 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1345 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 150 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 1022205689883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5064215 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5064215 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5064215 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9302 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8379 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8379 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12875	76% Very good	Read 457 Write 180 Mixed 275 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 19.4 120% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 83.7 112% 205 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 90%
Corsair CSSD-V128GB2 128GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 57GB free Firmware: 2.2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 199 107 0 (0C) Power cycle count 148 7 0 (B8) Unknown 109 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 0 0 (C4) Reallocation count 2 0 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 0 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 238 254 272666 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 254 249 308287 (C8) Write error rate 239 28 3502 (C9) Soft read error rate 196 27 3128 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 168 66 5930 (CB) Run out cancel 249 22 3075 (CC) Soft ECC correction 0 0 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 136 19 0 (CE) Flying height 55 5 0 (CF) Spin high current 139 36 0 (D0) Spin buzz 70 31 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 100 0 0 (D3) Unknown 0 0 0 (D4) Unknown 0 0 0 (D5) Unknown 0 0 0	37.2% Below average	Read 225 Write 183 Mixed 170 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 9.81 4K Mixed 6.39 55% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 59.6 DQ Write 9.45 DQ Mixed 6.79 12% 25.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 43%
Samsung MMCRE28G8MXP-0VBH1 128GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM1AH1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 29238 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 2024 (AA) Unknown 54 54 33 (AB) Unknown 99 99 0 (AC) Unknown 99 99 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 449 (AE) Unknown 99 99 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 0 (BC) Unknown 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 77 53 23 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 0 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0	25.1% Poor	Read 201 Write 93.3 Mixed 163 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 3.95 4K Mixed 4.07 41% 9.99 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 33%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 227GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 39 Mixed 35.9 48% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.37 89% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 53%

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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	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 $139Bench 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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16