MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.7% 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	81.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 11:39
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 655 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.7% Average	Lighting 55 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 51.6 45% 56.7 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 55 Splatting 71.7 56% 68.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 139GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1757 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1128 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 68 50 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5891445170	109% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 484 Mixed 512 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 40.3 145% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 155 166% 274 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 64GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5073 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 994 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 189 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 51 210454118434 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5617908250 (F7) Unknown 100 100 175647904 (F8) Unknown 100 100 136608665 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1248 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	67.6% Good	Read 459 Write 324 Mixed 336 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 10.2 69% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 8.5 63% 146 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9405 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1948 (B1) Unknown 93 93 142 (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 59 41 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 165 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34479282917	81.8% Excellent	Read 492 Write 397 Mixed 415 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 22.2 122% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 19.5 22% 36.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 124%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 196 9108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 653 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3429 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 38 (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	75.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 131 Mixed 133 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.22 113% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2800 CL12 4GB 2x4GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2800 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.9% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 92%

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

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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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $579

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16