MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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	42.3% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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 (87^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-$391 32,700 User benchmarks - Average bench 77% 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: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 12,036 User benchmarks - Average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E249) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Lighting 125 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 167 43% 123 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 116 Splatting 84.3 33% 86.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 45%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$188 14,318 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: 108%
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-$120 1,448 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 295 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 52%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $391Bench 77%, 32,700 samples	147x
Core i5-4670KIntel $250Bench 79%, 25,748 samples	47x
Core i7-4790KIntel $339Bench 88%, 83,913 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 47%, 31,110 samples	33x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 181,240 samples	31x
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 60%, 16,037 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 96%, 136,830 samples	27x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $139Bench 79%, 44,182 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $164Bench 97%, 89,753 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsair $120Bench 60%, 7,041 samples	12x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILL $119Bench 67%, 3,668 samples	11x
DDR3 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 97 samples	6x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,067

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $328	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $379	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $235	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $279	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $164

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $714	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $40	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13