MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 18:44
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 107 2-Core 191 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 285 37% 280 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz) 64,721 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7866) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	2.09% Terrible	Lighting 0.77 Reflection 5.42 Parallax 4.5 1% 3.56 fps	MRender 7.38 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.78 5% 5.84 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.09% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 199 100 199 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 323 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 219043332129 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2961 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2297 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1379	75.6% Very good	Read 464 Write 399 Mixed 445 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 5.26 107% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 5.3 24% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 78%
Seagate ST3320813AS 320GB 4,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 295GB free Firmware: SD23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51166471 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 400420733 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 33 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1252 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 60 60 40 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475229713 (BD) vendor-specific 36 36 64 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 43387387930 (C2) HDA temperature 26 56 38654705690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 31 51166471 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.5% Good	Read 113 Write 109 Mixed 110 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.39 86% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1GX64V160K 0702 1GX64V160K 0702 51264V160K 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 59%

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Desktop 80%

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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