MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7811
Motherboard	MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150514
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 12:47
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	MNE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 211 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 554 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 103 Parallax 81 86% 96.2 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 449GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 460 488 483 495 496 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 473 Mixed 404 SusWrite 458 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 56.8 210% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 54.6 126% 262 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 240GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 72 Write 65.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 73.1 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 461GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 130 130 130 132 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 127 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 131 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.8 240% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 339GB free Firmware: JP2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 127 127 128 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 123 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 126 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 79%

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

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Typical Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811) Builds (Compare 54 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	24x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	9x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	7x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	6x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
X150 240GBEmtecBench 66%, 3,577 samples	8x
840 Pro 512GBSamsung $129Bench 96%, 14,996 samples	3x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x
KHX1600C9D3/4GX Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 8GBKingstonBench 40%, 16 samples	4x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	4x

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Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $252

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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