MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.7% 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	95.7% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12 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	Feb 14 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	25%

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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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 455 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 104 83% 105 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 96.6 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12168 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1194 (B1) Unknown 80 80 236 (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 67 46 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52027322168	95.7% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 351 Mixed 345 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 23.9 141% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 64.6 111% 220 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 677GB free Firmware: 3.AEG Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 85 50998090 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 997920012 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3912 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 37 689373224 (C2) HDA temperature 40 63 42949673000 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 47 110391321 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.6% Average	Read 74.2 Write 67.3 Mixed 68.4 53% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.38 85% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 42%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 501GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 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 161 158 4916 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3119 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2697 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3119 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 35 (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	54.9% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 95.3 Mixed 94.8 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.43 98% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 62%
Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 32GB-$20 701 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 29GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 41.5 Mixed 30.1 47% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 1.42 146% 5.39 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 DDR3 1600 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 64%

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Typical Z87-S02 (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 153 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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 $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 $179	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