MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 14:38
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 734 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3052 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 195 Parallax 184 157% 191 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 185 Splatting 126 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 45409412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -55344948563857 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2035 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 513 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 46 55837589534 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 55837589534 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 45409412 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 45409412 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 45409412 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31536 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22924 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22924 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17297 (F4) Unknown 92 92 16580861	62.3% Good	Read 428 Write 109 Mixed 122 47% 219 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 15.9 119% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 71.8 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 29.9 41% 73.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 535GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243792496 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5052 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106870381 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2707 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 504496157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 22 22 157758 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 55834574877 (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 112858855646316 (F1) Unknown 100 253 94905352661 (F2) Unknown 100 253 557127292447	89.8% Excellent	Read 169 Write 145 Mixed 136 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 239GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 229 Write 168 Mixed 175 143% 191 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.79 227% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 189%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 58GB free Firmware: 060E Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 52.9 Write 55.4 Mixed 52.3 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 24.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 64%

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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	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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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