MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7815
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '24 at 21:15
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	20%

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 i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 216 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 415 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6650-XT 4,246 User benchmarks, average bench 110% Asus(1043 05E3) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.3.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 139 Parallax 234 97% 164 fps	MRender 229 Gravity 123 Splatting 0.3 83% 117 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 81 61 73 79 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 492 Write 416 Mixed 383 SusWrite 123 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 1.2 56% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 32.4 53% 102 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$149 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 842GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1507 830 832 828 834 836 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,456 Write 1,910 Mixed 1,432 SusWrite 944 324% 1,436 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 61 201% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 858 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 707 526% 705 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 276%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 138 140 136 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 133 Mixed 76 SusWrite 138 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 4x8GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 17.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 78%

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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: 0P 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	66	49	144	31.5"	1280 720	SAM7232 Odyssey G70B

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Typical Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) Builds (Compare 203 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) - $180

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	113x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	39x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $175Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	9x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	6x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16