MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	90% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7815
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '19 at 07:13
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 596 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 525 Series mSATA 240GB-$150 119 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: LLKi SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 199 192 188 184 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 246 Mixed 276 SusWrite 189 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 42.7 164% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 249 191% 261 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 153GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 385 378 380 359 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 490 Mixed 464 SusWrite 364 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.1 198% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 129%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 61GB free Firmware: 2.50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 111 112 127 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80% Very good	Read 417 Write 153 Mixed 195 SusWrite 122 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 42.9 157% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 149 117% 161 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 91GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 106 106 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 107 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 68%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 134GB free Firmware: 0002CE02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 100 100 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 101 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 39%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 171GB free Firmware: 0002CE02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 52.7 Write 53.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 87.8 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 39%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 75GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 64 64 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 97 Write 96 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 64.1 65% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 69%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 95GB free Firmware: 0002CE02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 95 97 97 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 54.7 Write 52.2 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 96.3 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 39%
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA00 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 233GB free, PID 101a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.6% Very poor	Read 33 Write 26.7 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 26.3 36% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 18%
RunCore SSD 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 29GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 31.2 Write 26.2 Mixed 28 SusWrite 26.1 38% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 6.5 468% 6.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 85%

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Typical Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) Builds (Compare 203 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

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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	39x
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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $175Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	9x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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