MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.7% 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	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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 10 '19 at 15:58
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	28%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 88.4 2-Core 234 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 601 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 84 Parallax 75 68% 80.8 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 65.9 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 142 103 71 119 83 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 447 Write 421 Mixed 358 SusWrite 143 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 36.7 136% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 192 186% 293 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 95%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 37GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 147 148 148 147 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 160 Mixed 110 SusWrite 148 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.5 311% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 71%

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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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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	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	33x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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