MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.4% 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 17:07
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (98^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 600 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.4% 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% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 91.8 62% 77.6 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 81.6 58% 69.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 1 1 179534 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 263 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1184 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 1184 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 81607655453 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 1 (CC) Soft ECC correction 83 1 4501 (E7) Temperature 92 92 9 (EA) Unknown 100 100 291998 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10795 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4903 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4519764	57.4% Above average	Read 493 Write 143 Mixed 244 64% 293 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 18 78% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 52.4 DQ Mixed 30.5 47% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 97%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 180GB 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 2965 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73525347 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 920 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 789643298 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 59 198870217 (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	52.7% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 93.2 Mixed 83.1 67% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.35 81% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 292GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 171 3758 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5399 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 46812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 532 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4866 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 37 (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	69.8% Good	Read 132 Write 112 Mixed 111 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.43 105% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 76%

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)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 25.5 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 79%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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