MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '20 at 15:21
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 210 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 516 58% 454 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.8% Very good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 93.2 Parallax 84.6 80% 92 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 81.5 Splatting 74.5 64% 79 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,526 Write 3,900 Mixed 2714 824% 3,714 MB/s	4K Read 499 4K Write 426 4K Mixed 324 1,397% 416 MB/s	DQ Read 1,119 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 817 653% 921 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 150GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 46 44 47 47 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 15GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 464 Mixed 382 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 48.6 164% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 124 126 127 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 102 Write 119 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 126 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 294% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 94%

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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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Typical Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) Builds (Compare 432 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16