MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130416
Uptime	19.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 18:04
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 600 65% 517 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 30.3 21% 26.4 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 25.1 23% 29.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 360GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17 (03) Spinup time 168 163 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11767 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 269 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 119 119 245866 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 33 (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	51.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 74.5 Mixed 64.6 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 302GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 117 (03) Spinup time 120 120 38686032346 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5977 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6920 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6920 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 231929217056 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	44.5% Average	Read 79.8 Write 75.1 Mixed 77.7 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.44 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 86GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173453066 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12771 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 8603550573 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 655370 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 638976029 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 16 173453066 (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 73409581042093 (F1) Unknown 100 253 621511844 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2560422935	40.7% Average	Read 72.2 Write 69.3 Mixed 64.1 52% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.46 106% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 68%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 21GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 147 142 9633 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6891 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 21969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6762 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.2% Average	Read 94.2 Write 73.6 Mixed 94.8 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.13 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 87 145414579 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13000 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 215618847 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 61153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 541 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 37 924385330 (C2) HDA temperature 50 63 73014444082 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 49 178702711 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.6% Poor	Read 55.3 Write 37.4 Mixed 39.8 33% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.26 63% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 78%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) - $252

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	202x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	60x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	33x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	10x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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