MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7811
Motherboard	MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811) (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130808
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 23:52
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 135 2-Core 260 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 670 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4999) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1656 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 126 Parallax 120 94% 120 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 108 Splatting 91.8 82% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 238GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8381 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2263 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 89 89 375 (B2) Unknown 93 93 252 (B3) Unknown 94 94 462 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7602 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 6 (E8) Unknown 93 93 3780 (F1) Unknown 90 90 11540527850 (F2) Unknown 140 140 20494161189	86.8% Excellent	Read 482 Write 389 Mixed 439 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 21.6 117% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 78 92% 165 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 80%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 238GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17007 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3413 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 89 89 400 (B2) Unknown 93 93 284 (B3) Unknown 94 94 472 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7592 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 7 (E8) Unknown 93 93 3748 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25232602892 (F2) Unknown 99 99 28996523552	70.1% Very good	Read 376 Write 334 Mixed 363 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 19 96% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 73.4 72% 117 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 80%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 238GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10286 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 996 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 87 87 464 (B2) Unknown 93 93 268 (B3) Unknown 94 94 468 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7596 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 37 (E8) Unknown 93 93 3764 (F1) Unknown 147 147 20185397053 (F2) Unknown 2 2 37597816894	87.1% Excellent	Read 482 Write 381 Mixed 431 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 24 120% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 73.5 88% 159 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 80%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 235GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10631 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2984 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 328 (B2) Unknown 92 92 304 (B3) Unknown 92 92 580 (B4) Unknown 92 92 7484 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 19 (E8) Unknown 92 92 3728 (F1) Unknown 80 80 11986056266 (F2) Unknown 193 193 29298189569	69.6% Good	Read 378 Write 342 Mixed 369 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 18.6 103% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 14.3 28% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 80%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 216GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7158 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1308 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 205 (B2) Unknown 93 93 248 (B3) Unknown 94 94 462 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7602 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 16 (E8) Unknown 93 93 3784 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11029063320 (F2) Unknown 99 99 17820019894	68.3% Good	Read 376 Write 360 Mixed 367 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 19.5 96% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 93.7 DQ Mixed 68.1 49% 61.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 80%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 147GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 909 Write 727 Mixed 785 180% 807 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 23.6 110% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 111 79% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 332%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 142GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4641 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1618 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 215 (B2) Unknown 94 94 226 (B3) Unknown 94 94 412 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7652 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 224 (E8) Unknown 94 94 3806 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16333490027 (F2) Unknown 99 99 15833349745	71.3% Very good	Read 375 Write 359 Mixed 362 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 19.1 94% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 70.2 72% 121 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 80%
OCZ Agility 4 256GB-$90 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 58GB free Firmware: 1.5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16231 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2179 (E8) Unknown 100 100 16701626017 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	72.2% Very good	Read 261 Write 187 Mixed 198 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 25.1 138% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 74.4 93% 167 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 87%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 17575488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -31636729089082 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1610 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 187 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17575488 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17575488 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17575488 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10663 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9832 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9832 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3289	73.3% Very good	Read 493 Write 131 Mixed 202 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 20.4 133% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 10.1 47% 107 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 4x8GB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.9% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 63%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811) Builds (Compare 55 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	24x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	10x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	7x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	6x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
X150 240GBEmtecBench 66%, 3,577 samples	8x
840 Pro 512GBSamsung $129Bench 96%, 14,996 samples	3x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x
KHX1600C9D3/4GX Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 8GBKingstonBench 40%, 16 samples	4x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	4x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $252

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