MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.2% 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	77.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 17:56
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 683 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 92.7 Parallax 9.75 98% 74.3 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 133 Splatting 130 98% 118 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 175 207 209 215 210 MB/s Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	77.5% Very good	Read 229 Write 213 Mixed 237 SusWrite 200 50% 220 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 42.7 153% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 194 146% 196 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 94%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$30 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 99GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 55.2 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 67.6 38% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 43%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 529GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 115 116 117 116 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 119 Write 54 Mixed 71 SusWrite 116 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 75%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1f00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 10 9.9 9.8 9.6 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	6.1% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 6.3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 9.7 10% 8.43 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.1% Great: 7%

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 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 25.4 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 91%

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Typical Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) Builds (Compare 433 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

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

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	203x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	60x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	33x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

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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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $580

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16