MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.9% 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 Drive129% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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
SystemMSI MS-7811
MotherboardMSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)  (all builds)
Memory14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150514
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 12 '18 at 17:03
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User MNE-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 96.4
1-Core 78
2-Core 210
74% 128 Pts
4-Core 391
8-Core 555
59% 473 Pts
64-Core 552
34% 552 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 102
Parallax 81.1
86% 96.2 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 104
Splatting 99.7
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190
449GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 476 488 497 497 497 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Read 521
Write 479
Mixed 394
SusWrite 444
103% 459 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 56.3
210% 80.4 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 55
126% 262 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 129%
Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
240GB free
Firmware: 05.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 73 73 73 73 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
41.6% Average
Read 72
Write 65.8
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 72.7
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: 41.6%
Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
461GB free
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 120 130 133 131 129 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
75.4% Very good
Read 133
Write 125
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 128
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 0.7
229% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59
339GB free
Firmware: JP2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 127 126 126 126 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
72% Very good
Read 125
Write 116
Mixed 59.3
SusWrite 126
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 72%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
74.4% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 22.2
74% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 19.4
SC Mixed 25.1
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 52.5
76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811) Builds (Compare 55 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 119% - Outstanding Total price: $252
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