MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.9% 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	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z87-S02 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 18:48
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 498 51% 414 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 126 Parallax 120 98% 122 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 114 Splatting 96.4 85% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 217GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9137 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1246 (B1) Unknown 97 97 36 (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 77 60 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16375536225	77.4% Very good	Read 498 Write 344 Mixed 349 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 17.4 110% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 18.4 39% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 118%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15074275 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 47914655163710 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1566 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 65 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 41 55837261848 (C2) HDA temperature 24 41 55837261848 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15074275 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15074275 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15074275 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17319 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15329 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15329 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7970	55.2% Above average	Read 487 Write 123 Mixed 186 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 9.08 92% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 29.8 30% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.6 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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