MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.7% 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	110% 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.

System	MSI MS-7815
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 08:58
Run Duration	585 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (99^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 620 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2774) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 50.6 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 67.1 41% 50.4 fps	MRender 31.8 Gravity 49.4 Splatting 41.9 34% 41 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 27 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 65 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 226686904	110% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 406 Mixed 427 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 47.2 167% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 117 135% 232 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 128%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 34GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21036 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 907 (B1) Unknown 79 79 428 (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 57 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 88384820165	80% Excellent	Read 372 Write 304 Mixed 311 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 32.9 120% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 113 111% 180 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 124%
Mushkin MKNSSDAT120GB-DX 120GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4113549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 -34213709448866 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1410 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 230 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 74 64429359138 (C2) HDA temperature 34 74 64429359138 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4113549 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4113549 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4113549 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32649 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26603 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26603 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21209	63.5% Good	Read 505 Write 135 Mixed 162 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 12.2 101% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 35.8 57% 108 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 74%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 239GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3615 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 77 44 7266 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16987 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37545 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 28 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2367 (B5) Unknown 98 98 62404229 (BF) G-sense error rate 75 75 255387 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684380181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 57 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 6382 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 28 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 27646	63.3% Good	Read 97.9 Write 123 Mixed 97.3 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.28 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 182GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 92 112319758 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 46 44 8096112531418 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1376 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 97 97 3 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1022 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131076 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 77 59 142121304087 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 220165 (C2) HDA temperature 23 41 -140737488355305 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 200 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 200 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72185515355969 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40219627318 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38414664195	71.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 121 Mixed 109 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 152GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 21502427556 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9897 (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 98 98 18628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 802 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12228 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 176094707738 (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 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 171 Write 112 Mixed 109 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 107%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 7,914 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 12GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Read 16.8 Write 2.58 Mixed 3.92 7% 7.78 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.003 12% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 16GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 66%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

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 $279	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