MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.3% 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	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '16 at 14:27
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 386 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E217) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 36.9 Parallax 49.4 33% 42.4 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 34.3 Splatting 42.9 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7668917 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14611478742814 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 203 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 42 47247392805 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 47247392805 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7668917 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7668917 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7668917 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3339 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2074 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2074 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2917	75.2% Very good	Read 495 Write 179 Mixed 172 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 19.5 121% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 58.4 85% 159 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 440GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 169 1983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1056 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 698 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 589496355 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 976 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 149 Write 135 Mixed 138 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.24 123% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 29.3 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 25.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 91%

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Typical Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) Builds (Compare 438 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	207x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	60x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	33x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	27x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	20x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16