MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.9% 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	27.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '22 at 05:31
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 247 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 698 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 113 Parallax 0.1 101% 79.2 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 115 Splatting 0.3 71% 100 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Veno SCORP SSD 240GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: XKR905 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 2.7 4.6 39 3.5 9.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 448 Write 350 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 45.2 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.3 27% 6.67 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 82%
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 3,411 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 92GB free Firmware: V4.15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 428 426 427 436 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 448 Write 386 Mixed 332 SusWrite 425 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 17.6 112% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 30.2 72% 149 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 85%
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3256GNTD 256GB 10,769 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 133GB free Firmware: EDFM20.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1077 562 229 214 209 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,003 Write 1,096 Mixed 1,012 SusWrite 417 198% 882 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 75 276% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 787 DQ Write 707 DQ Mixed 766 569% 753 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 226%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 434GB free Firmware: CC92 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 86 90 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 116 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 86.5 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 71%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 492GB free Firmware: MN6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 130 130 130 130 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 84.3 Write 80.7 Mixed 51 SusWrite 130 63% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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