MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	92.4% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130416
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 00:21
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 206 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 341 45% 339 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 140 Parallax 130 106% 133 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 119 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 39 42 39 40 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 426 Mixed 379 SusWrite 57.4 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 49.6 172% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 232 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 538GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 341 346 355 355 357 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 354 Write 357 Mixed 332 SusWrite 343 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 48.6 163% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 225 171% 232 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 133%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 171GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 80 82 80 80 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 94.8 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 78.4 64% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 230GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 74 74 75 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 58.2 Mixed 46.9 SusWrite 73.6 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 80GB (2007)-$75 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 74.4 Write 75.9 Mixed 51.7 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 49%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 117 121 120 119 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 125 Write 105 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 117 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 11.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 119%

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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	202x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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