MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.7% 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	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	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.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '17 at 17:21
Run Duration	351 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 113 2-Core 215 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 585 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% PNY(196E 1380) 2GB CLim: 1476 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Lighting 24.2 Reflection 19.6 Parallax 23.2 20% 22.3 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 25.3 Splatting 19.4 20% 24.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 859GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56557872 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 180 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48630035 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 15 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 605487140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3337 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 90194313252 (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 -108581068207682 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5068459193 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4866767265	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 173 Mixed 152 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 238GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 64.1 Mixed 68.2 49% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.32 87% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 63%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 1,573 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 13GB free, PID 007a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	6.43% Terrible	Read 24 Write 7.09 Mixed 9.78 14% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.004 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.43% Great: 8%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 2GB 1,256 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Read 19.9 Write 8.06 Mixed 10.9 14% 13 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 22% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 11,344 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.8% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 8 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 63%

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	203x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	60x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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