MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 10:18
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$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 (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 241 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 468 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 83B5) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 20 Parallax 15.4 13% 16.9 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 17.5 Splatting 20.1 17% 20.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 462GB free Firmware: GH2OA420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 210 210 81604378625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 170 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 96 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1060 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 197569478680 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	66.9% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 116 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 72%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 307GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 69 5573 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10534 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29819 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 41 253403660316 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 40 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 831 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 19 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10915	72% Very good	Read 123 Write 128 Mixed 107 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 77%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 39 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 81 5399 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5450 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22541 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5500 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 42 253403725853 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 35 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 817 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5822	56.5% Above average	Read 108 Write 88.7 Mixed 84.4 70% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMP16GX3M4A1333C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMP16GX3M4A1333C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.8% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

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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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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