MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	40% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	MSI MS-7815
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 02:37
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4770K-$450 35,890 User benchmarks - Average bench 78% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84.7% Excellent	SC Int 118 SC Float 120 SC Mixed 115 94% 118 Pts	QC Int 455 QC Float 431 QC Mixed 423 99% 436 Pts	MC Int 558 MC Float 607 MC Mixed 617 89% 594 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 12,918 User benchmarks - Average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E249) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	40% Below average	Lighting 125 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 167 43% 123 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 116 Splatting 84.3 38% 86.7 fps
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 43%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$228 16,172 User benchmarks - Average bench 83% 191GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4914 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1200 (B1) Unknown 98 98 70 (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 66 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11306056770	110% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 478 Mixed 495 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 29.7 152% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 89.8 138% 261 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%
Edge Boost Pro SSD 60GB 27GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3885917 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -76330158783265 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 14 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 39 51542163492 (C2) HDA temperature 36 39 51542163492 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3885917 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3885917 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3885917 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 604 (EA) Unknown 0 0 81 (F1) Unknown 0 0 81 (F2) Unknown 0 0 800	65.4% Good	Read 489 Write 112 Mixed 169 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 17 119% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 81 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 30.5 44% 79.9 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB-$129 1,648 User benchmarks - Average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 70%

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

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Typical Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) Builds (Compare 339 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 52%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) - $180

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $450Bench 78%, 35,890 samples	172x
Core i7-4790KIntel $339Bench 88%, 95,186 samples	54x
Core i5-4670KIntel $256Bench 79%, 26,149 samples	50x

GPU
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 61%, 17,060 samples	35x
GTX 970Nvidia $350Bench 64%, 198,763 samples	35x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 48%, 33,078 samples	34x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $120Bench 79%, 44,004 samples	33x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 95%, 156,440 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 96%, 92,372 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsair $140Bench 61%, 8,350 samples	12x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILL $145Bench 66%, 4,587 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperX $118Bench 58%, 19,147 samples	6x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,219

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $265	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $724	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $152	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $56	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $141	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $20