MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 09:01
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 117 2-Core 224 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 623 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2835) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 42.6 Parallax 59.9 39% 50 fps	MRender 57.7 Gravity 54.7 Splatting 39.9 40% 50.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2849 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 513 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16258871736	118% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 409 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 50.4 187% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 131 154% 269 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 174GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220835624 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4002 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 38705371132 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3599 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 52027260957 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 977 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14722 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -65249143144243 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47424120541 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59591004634	57.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 97.1 Mixed 112 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 172GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82700224 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1317 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21500861 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1312 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 470876188 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2823 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 34359738396 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 92028264257844 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29889984131 (F2) Unknown 100 253 120423063391	58.9% Above average	Read 117 Write 89 Mixed 84 72% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.12 45% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 114%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 104GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3722 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3564 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 976 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2745 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	96.6% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 155 Mixed 138 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 4.21 4K Mixed 0.32 168% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 113%
Patriot Memory 127GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 118GB free, PID 6000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 632 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.7 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 25.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 80%

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Gaming 61%

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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 $245Bench 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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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16