MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '18 at 19:41
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 234 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 666 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Lighting 53.2 Reflection 35.4 Parallax 71.1 43% 53.2 fps	MRender 33.6 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 44.2 36% 43.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23206353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 113077898972860 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3925 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 157 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 37 42952097819 (C2) HDA temperature 27 37 42952097819 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23206353 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23206353 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23206353 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10235 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8328 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8328 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4823	66% Good	Read 479 Write 187 Mixed 238 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 13.4 114% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 14.8 27% 49.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 952GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146793984 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46293876 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4376 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1615 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13417 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 47244640286 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 128621385616973 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18374728571 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15400898135	86.8% Excellent	Read 141 Write 161 Mixed 146 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.61 188% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 859GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1308 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (BF) G-sense error rate 83 83 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5436 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 364 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3248876945 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4147965585 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	56.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 97 Mixed 90.9 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 502GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113980437 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3782 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36857149 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3783 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 504561694 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 18 113980437 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 33835752368401 (F1) Unknown 100 253 572323439 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1087664307	64.9% Good	Read 121 Write 105 Mixed 78.6 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.62 131% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 70%
Seagate ST380013AS 80GB-$75 2,837 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 502GB free Firmware: 3.18 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 60 87803305 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1837 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 506499150 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6452 (C2) HDA temperature 35 64 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 60 87803305 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	61.6% Good	Read 120 Write 94.4 Mixed 94 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.52 118% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 27.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 71%

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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 $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 $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