MSI Z97-S02 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.9% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). 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 Z97-S02 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141107
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 01:22
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 197 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 339 43% 323 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Zotac(19DA 3255) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 53.7 34% 44.6 fps	MRender 52.3 Gravity 48.6 Splatting 35.7 36% 45.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -69346541050393 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8921 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8921 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 110 110 27220889 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8921 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 455220 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 38 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 455220 (F2) Unknown 100 100 285332 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15792	70% Good	Read 475 Write 124 Mixed 184 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 18 124% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 13.4 54% 121 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184334328 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 436070 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4710 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 56 54 756351020 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15309 (C2) HDA temperature 44 46 77309411372 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75071733367417 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6651390429 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1042836649	97.4% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 169 Mixed 153 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 113%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 182GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 181 5416 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21280 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 40028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 12476 (BE) vendor-specific 44 23 56 (C2) HDA temperature 94 73 56 (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	28.4% Poor	Read 51.8 Write 46.7 Mixed 45.7 36% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 35%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 146GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 139 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10470 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18455 (C2) HDA temperature 96 86 47 (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	53.9% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 88.8 Mixed 90.4 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.41 90% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDT721064SLA360 640GB-$135 3,861 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 114GB free Firmware: STDOA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 122 (03) Spinup time 114 114 30088954227 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 18952 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 193 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 11192 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19461 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19461 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 219044773934 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 197 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46% Average	Read 77.4 Write 82.8 Mixed 64.1 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 59%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 34GB free Firmware: VT100-33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5952 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 26449 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8822 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 2 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11622 (BE) vendor-specific 115 103 41 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 49430 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	27.6% Poor	Read 47.1 Write 48.9 Mixed 44.9 35% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x4GB 3,616 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 13.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97-S02 (MS-7821)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	65x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	58x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	55x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	15x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	26x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	69x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	18x
DDR3 1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 2,890 samples	15x

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Total price: $648

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