MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.7% 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	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 20:44
Run Duration	358 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 80.1 2-Core 136 60% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 320 43% 320 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.70 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.7% Poor	Lighting 30.3 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 26.4 25% 29.8 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 34.5 Splatting 34.8 28% 33.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZMPC032HBCD-000L1 32GB 515 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 12GB free Firmware: CXM12H1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6029 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3417 (AA) Unknown 91 91 372 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 214 (AE) Unknown 99 99 179 (B7) Unknown 99 99 20 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 34 48 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 201 201 0	34.3% Below average	Read 258 Write 82.1 Mixed 119 33% 153 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 10.4 51% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 32.5 DQ Mixed 28.1 36% 67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 45%
Samsung MZ7TD128HAFV-000L1 128GB 4,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT05L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4707 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1709 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 88 88 134 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3120 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 1716488 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 116 (EC) Unknown 99 99 88 (ED) Unknown 99 99 134 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	38.8% Below average	Read 390 Write 51.7 Mixed 93.5 38% 179 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 9.15 54% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 36.5 DQ Mixed 25.3 36% 71.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 71%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 874GB free Firmware: SE0OA430 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3534 (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 82 82 8036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1604 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 82246 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 210453659673 (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 61 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	61.7% Good	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 8.64 54% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 33GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132105120 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 60 60 41310 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 93626672 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1638 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 487981082 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 17179869210 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 38 132105120 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	39.4% Below average	Read 57.1 Write 80.2 Mixed 19.3 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.27 72% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 60%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 879 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 0021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.36% Terrible	Read 16.1 Write 5.54 Mixed 8.54 11% 10 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.02 13% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.36% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,490 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 20.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 102%

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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 $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