MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7815
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '18 at 11:12
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 607 65% 519 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51% Above average	Lighting 62.9 Reflection 56.7 Parallax 77.2 51% 65.6 fps	MRender 56.5 Gravity 51 Splatting 72.9 50% 60.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,059 Write 5,317 Mixed 5,498 1,255% 5,625 MB/s	4K Read 411 4K Write 280 4K Mixed 309 1,167% 333 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 773 DQ Mixed 834 637% 867 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 142GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 273 274 273 274 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 483 Mixed 373 SusWrite 294 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.8 196% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 224 206% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 153 155 157 155 156 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 144 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 154 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 100 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 93.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 98.5 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) Builds (Compare 202 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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