MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 02:29
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 248 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 624 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 68.8 53% 67.8 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 55.2 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SP1 128GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 297 Write 127 Mixed 109 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 23.8 135% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 49.6 72% 140 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 89%
Sata SSD 480GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 216GB free Firmware: 61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 66 76 63 65 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 457 Write 229 Mixed 320 SusWrite 115 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 38.8 157% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 188 165% 244 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 81%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 717GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 119 114 114 108 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 150 Write 156 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 118 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 171% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1TB free, PID 0901 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 112 112 113 113 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 143 Write 102 Mixed 20 SusWrite 115 119% 95 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 42% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 17 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

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 $75Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16