MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


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 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.2% 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	90.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 10:47
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 619 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 44.1 Parallax 39.8 37% 43.2 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 35.9 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5707 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1299 (B1) Unknown 94 94 69 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28878793459	90.3% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 351 Mixed 356 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 25.9 127% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 77.9 102% 187 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 785GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 182 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6510 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10409 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2392 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 72557 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	55.8% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 98.1 Mixed 89.6 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.22 61% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 67%
WD Red 5TB (2014)-$58 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 735GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 196 9125 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3212 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1291 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10811 (C2) HDA temperature 124 117 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69.6% Good	Read 136 Write 107 Mixed 97.1 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 98%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 288GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9123 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6504 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13756 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3389 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 488 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749544478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 8 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6522	66.8% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 112 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.43 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 68GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 185 5625 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3700 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2396 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 133 133 202970 (C2) HDA temperature 123 106 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.6% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 94.6 Mixed 92.9 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 67%
USB 3.0 LucidPort USB300 2TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1TB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 93 Write 99,836 80,414% 49,964 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 57%
WD 15EADS External 1.5TB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 453GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 34.4 Write 38.8 Mixed 31.5 45% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.11 36% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.2% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.8 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821)

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	77x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	45x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	12x

RAM
DDR3 1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 2,890 samples	24x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	18x
DDR3 1600 2x4GBUnknownBench 51%, 3,616 samples	13x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $289

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 $46

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