MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 13:21
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 608 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 69.4 67% 77.2 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 75.3 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 441 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 215 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2199798436	82.3% Excellent	Read 490 Write 273 Mixed 278 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 28.2 127% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 59.2 78% 141 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 114%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 35GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6161 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1208 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 88 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 293 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 721 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9718180952 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16016809821	43.3% Average	Read 443 Write 203 Mixed 269 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 6.84 42% 12.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 12.1 DQ Mixed 6.12 9% 17.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 48%
Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016)-$85 2,089 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CV12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27316288 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 20 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 85572 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 74 437780505 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 81604378649 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 168 Mixed 143 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 1,551 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0508 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 178 Mixed 155 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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