MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '17 at 11:12
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 607 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1777 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 126GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,021 Write 974 Mixed 976 221% 990 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 51.6 192% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 403 DQ Write 420 DQ Mixed 187 203% 337 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 313%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23794 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 814 (B1) Unknown 90 90 119 (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 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 134 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64179897609
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 795GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 197240512 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10262 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44127628 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 882 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 95 98787393584 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46065 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 73014444060 (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 -86225763426384 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50612540727825 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -78275648001696	78.5% Very good	Read 106 Write 168 Mixed 147 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 459GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 161 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9536 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9507 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.2% Good	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 100 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.46 106% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821)

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	77x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	45x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	12x

RAM
DDR3 1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 2,890 samples	24x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	18x
DDR3 1600 2x4GBUnknownBench 51%, 3,616 samples	13x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $289

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