MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '17 at 10:31
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 187 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 474 52% 409 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.2 Parallax 18.5 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 26.2 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19844 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1865 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 364 (AE) Unknown 100 100 302 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10393879971309 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	59.1% Above average	Read 479 Write 190 Mixed 271 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 6.29 93% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 89 DQ Mixed 4.72 19% 40.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 553GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 2 2542 (03) Spinup time 73 73 8770 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 31101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1827 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 1 2542 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 153 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 14478 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 504234014 (C2) HDA temperature 65 49 588120099 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 129132 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 9 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 105 Mixed 100 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.49 118% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 227GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69788848 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42085632 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1094 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131203 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 672399400 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8319 (C2) HDA temperature 40 51 64424509480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 7 69788848 (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 105321188055432 (F1) Unknown 100 253 768437392 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3258021718	50.1% Above average	Read 92.1 Write 82.7 Mixed 80 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.16 54% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 191GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110115568 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4513 (05) Reallocated sector count 80 80 13352 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 101740790 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1860 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770197000 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 655753254 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5084 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 55834574886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 3 110115568 (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 101631811153926 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3915673671 (F2) Unknown 100 253 720720148	48.7% Average	Read 84.1 Write 85.8 Mixed 78.8 62% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.41 78% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2133 CL9 8GB 2x8GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 80%

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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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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $584

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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