MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 03:14
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 609 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 101 63% 80.6 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 63.8 Splatting 81.3 58% 69.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 1 1 14824 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 256 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1184 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 1184 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 81607655456 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 94 1 502 (E7) Temperature 92 92 9 (EA) Unknown 100 100 290877 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10746 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4886 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4451016	54% Above average	Read 499 Write 187 Mixed 278 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 12.6 72% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21 DQ Write 53.2 DQ Mixed 12.7 17% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 292GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 171 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5398 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 46750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 767 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 531 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4866 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.2% Good	Read 120 Write 111 Mixed 110 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 164GB free Firmware: 3.AAF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2962 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73214018 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19511 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 919 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 789643300 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 88 59 189825562 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	52.8% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 91.6 Mixed 86.4 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 26.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 79%

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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 $127Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $37	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