MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results

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


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 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	58.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 16:50
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 267 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 744 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7866) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 100 75 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1041 (A6) Unknown 100 100 13 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 492 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 219043332126 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2460 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2308 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2266	58.8% Above average	Read 444 Write 188 Mixed 281 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 3.42 99% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 3.33 19% 39.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 681GB free Firmware: MS2OA7S0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 133 133 12896567462 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 846 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 852 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 852 (C2) HDA temperature 229 229 171799347224 (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 200 200 320 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 6303 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9019382695 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18869753625	95.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 172 Mixed 154 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2168 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 26.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 45.6 88% 45.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 83%

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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 $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