MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 05 '17 at 06:53
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 363 52% 384 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.6% Average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 60.9 Parallax 56.1 50% 59.6 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 53.6 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 68GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23421108 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -53360673677624 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 834 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 203 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 39 68722032671 (C2) HDA temperature 31 39 68722032671 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23421108 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23421108 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23421108 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294965240 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2455 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2455 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3551 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4587559	54.1% Above average	Read 281 Write 190 Mixed 238 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 15.3 90% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 11.6 38% 77.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 85%
Kingston SH103S3240G-NV 240GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 35963445 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 128342212756430 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1304 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 127 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 77 42954719261 (C2) HDA temperature 29 77 42954719261 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 35963445 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 35963445 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 35963445 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 46930 (EA) Unknown 0 0 40857 (F1) Unknown 0 0 40857 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23941	73.5% Very good	Read 511 Write 236 Mixed 234 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 15.5 118% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 61.3 61% 93.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 89%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4428 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 931 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37550 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93.1% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 169 Mixed 143 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.25 112% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 83%
SanDisk SDDR-113 16GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 15GB free, PID a7c1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	6.14% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 9.73 Mixed 12.6 16% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.29 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 21% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.14% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.6% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 6.3 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 65%

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Desktop 80%

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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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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