MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150602
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '21 at 01:53
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 655 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 113 Parallax 129 102% 123 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 112 Splatting 105 105% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Veno SCORP SSD 240GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: XKR905 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 20 25 6.6 15 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 449 Write 362 Mixed 322 SusWrite 79.4 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 8.93 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 82%
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 3,411 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 112GB free Firmware: V4.15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 425 403 400 395 393 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 430 Write 389 Mixed 332 SusWrite 403 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 18.7 103% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 30.3 73% 150 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 85%
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3256GNTD 256GB 10,769 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 88GB free Firmware: EDFM20.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1052 831 238 217 216 213 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 896 Write 1,026 Mixed 933 SusWrite 461 187% 829 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 76.9 260% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 726 DQ Mixed 759 568% 755 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 226%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 444GB free Firmware: CC92 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 111 104 106 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 59.6 SusWrite 107 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 71%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 208GB free Firmware: MN6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 129 131 130 130 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 130 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%

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Typical Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) Builds (Compare 259 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	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 $295	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