MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.37% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7818
MotherboardMSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)  (all builds)
Memory5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150511
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJul 03 '18 at 16:43
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4460-$194
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
77.9% Very good
Memory 95.2
1-Core 94.1
2-Core 183
74% 124 Pts
4-Core 351
8-Core 359
47% 355 Pts
64-Core 364
22% 364 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 250
Dell(1028 2120) 2GB
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
9.37% Terrible
Lighting 11.7
Reflection 12.5
Parallax 14.9
10% 13 fps
MRender 10.7
Gravity 10.3
Splatting 11.9
9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 9.37%
Great: 8%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24
360GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP73
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 108 109 116 93 119 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
68.4% Good
Read 132
Write 127
Mixed 68
SusWrite 106
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79
511GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 82 84 81 84 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
38.4% Below average
Read 51
Write 77.3
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 81
51% 68.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 0.4
187% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 38.4%
Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
77.5% Very good
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 31
MC Mixed 24.3
81% 28.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 19.4
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 56.4
71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) Builds (Compare 430 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $584
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