MSI Z87I (MS-7851)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI Z87I (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '17 at 16:36
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 218 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 435 54% 411 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 47.5 31% 37.9 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 35.5 Splatting 34.4 27% 32.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6253884 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 138667314120669 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1214 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 66 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 47 51542687770 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 51542687770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6253884 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6253884 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6253884 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4786 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3590 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3590 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6395 (F4) Unknown 99 99 196673592	61.6% Good	Read 501 Write 107 Mixed 142 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 13.6 109% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 65.9 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 26 36% 65 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 370GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189531671 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 969 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3556754 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 468 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 404095000 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10999 (C2) HDA temperature 24 47 42949672984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 43 189531671 (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 -20637317856870 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1120728996 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1632534997 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	51.4% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 87 Mixed 84.2 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.38 82% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x4GB 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 22.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 74%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87I (MS-7851) - $142

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	28x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	27x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	8x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	16x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	5x
Force GT 60GBCorsairBench 59%, 1,562 samples	4x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	7x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples	6x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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