MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 05:17
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 572 63% 495 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 203 Parallax 188 132% 185 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 180 Splatting 126 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-488 240GB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3377 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 391 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 32 (B1) Unknown 0 0 137 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 123 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 102 (E7) Temperature 99 100 47 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3 (EA) Unknown 0 0 93 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15041 (F2) Unknown 0 0 36124	91% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 288 Mixed 367 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 34 135% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 66.4 107% 204 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 96%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 96 (03) Spinup time 141 141 34387853739 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 356 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 356 (C2) HDA temperature 119 119 210454904878 (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	122% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 208 Mixed 196 156% 207 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 7.91 4K Mixed 0.8 263% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 138%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 78GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 162 6641 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13681 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 53637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1542 (C0) Power-off retract count 173 173 20468 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33996 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 196 196 381 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	20.6% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 27.4 Mixed 33.2 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.32 69% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2000G 4x2GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 73%

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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	27x

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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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