MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% 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 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	39.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7811
Motherboard	MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '21 at 13:02
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	36%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 232 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 470 45% 370 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8818) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 116 Parallax 127 110% 126 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 107 Splatting 91.2 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
APS-SL3N-480 480GB 709 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0618A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 15 15 148 348 346 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 372 Write 305 Mixed 32 SusWrite 148 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 0.4 44% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 18.6 DQ Mixed 0.4 21% 55 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 98%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 731GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 112 113 112 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	67% Good	Read 122 Write 78.2 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 112 73% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 1,675 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	21.7"	1280 720	GSM5AB8 LG IPS FULLHD

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Typical Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811) Builds (Compare 55 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	24x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	10x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	7x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	6x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
X150 240GBEmtecBench 66%, 3,577 samples	8x
840 Pro 512GBSamsung $129Bench 96%, 14,996 samples	3x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x
KHX1600C9D3/4GX Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 8GBKingstonBench 40%, 16 samples	4x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	4x

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Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $252

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16