MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7815
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 13:23
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 609 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 141 Parallax 129 105% 133 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 125 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7b SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 120 119 109 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 384 Write 145 Mixed 198 SusWrite 121 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 26.6 108% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 85.9 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 93.3 77% 108 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 82%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 294GB free Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 409 432 447 446 429 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 440 Mixed 434 SusWrite 431 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 51 164% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 358 265% 350 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 818GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 133 133 134 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 133 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M2F8G64CB8HB5N-DI 0420 DDR3 1866G 2OZ 0420 DDR3 1866G 2OZ 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 18.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 65%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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