MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.3% 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	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130607
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '22 at 00:01
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 192 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 453 49% 390 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 8A9B) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 21.1 17% 20.3 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 0.2 11% 16 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 118 5 4.8 5 5.1 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 481 Write 253 Mixed 327 SusWrite 58.7 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 24.5 107% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 34.6 67% 131 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 234GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 41 41 41 42 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 3,498 Write 4.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 36.3 633% 886 MB/s	4K Read 158 4K Mixed 0.2 9,890% 78.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 175GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 30 29 30 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 123 Write 34.5 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 28.8 41% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 69GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Samsung SSD 840 250GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 86GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 42.2 Write 42.5 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 41.4 58% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 16.2 1,132% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 16.5 DQ Write 21.9 DQ Mixed 18.5 1,435% 19 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 197%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 26.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

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

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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	49x

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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	20x
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: $583

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16