MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7815
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 17:10
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 726 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1645 MHz, MLim: 1854 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 96.3 Parallax 86.3 79% 93 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 85.3 Splatting 76.2 67% 82.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 360GB-$294 529 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 86GB free Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 117 164246049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -89910845366083 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1028 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 175 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 62 12888965143 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 164246049 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 164246049 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 164246049 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8858 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9734 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9734 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14331	56.7% Above average	Read 471 Write 159 Mixed 270 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 15.6 72% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 71.7 DQ Mixed 46.6 61% 115 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 65%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12729 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1492 (B1) Unknown 92 92 289 (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 73 58 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 336 (F1) Unknown 99 99 75409040503	80.4% Excellent	Read 513 Write 172 Mixed 201 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 25.6 134% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 68.4 92% 171 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 116%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 27GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 42.1 Write 17 Mixed 16 27% 25 MB/s	4K Read 7.37 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.51 71% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 993 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 26.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 34%

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	113x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	38x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	9x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	6x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $580

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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