MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	81.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 16:31
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 460 54% 416 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 87% 112 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 105 84% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1185 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2455 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 150 (A9) Unknown 100 100 145 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 49 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 39 167504642074 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 319 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6481 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4002 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1299 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	81.7% Excellent	Read 429 Write 280 Mixed 314 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 22.5 123% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 16.4 76% 174 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 370GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 110 104 7500 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7301 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2400 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 92457 (C2) HDA temperature 123 105 24 (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	47.4% Average	Read 84.6 Write 80.4 Mixed 75.5 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 57%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$21 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 225GB free Firmware: LVD5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197073912 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 871 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99654194 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 941 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 20 20 80 (BE) vendor-specific 76 57 454164504 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1905 (C2) HDA temperature 24 43 47244640280 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	54.8% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 101 Mixed 83.7 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.49 176% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 0215 CM3B8G2C1600L11 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

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Typical Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) Builds (Compare 258 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	27x

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 $129Bench 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 $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