MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.1% 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	62.8% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 13:42
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 216 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 534 57% 455 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.6 39% 49 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st 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 20213 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1979 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 86 86 423 (AE) Unknown 100 100 307 (B5) Unknown 100 100 11957259273902 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 86 86 14 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	62.8% Good	Read 490 Write 190 Mixed 275 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 5.74 97% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 6.9 33% 73.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 656GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 2 1271 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8470 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6355 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 34370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1941 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 1 1271 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 153 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 14478 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 638713892 (C2) HDA temperature 63 49 638713893 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1633892 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 9 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	54.2% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 94 Mixed 104 74% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.46 116% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 194GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227733016 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45058296 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1208 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131203 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 49 739770410 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8433 (C2) HDA temperature 42 51 64424509482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 6 227733016 (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 114538187875920 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2060017922 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3695479996	51.2% Above average	Read 79.6 Write 99 Mixed 86.8 67% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.15 51% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 15GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107871544 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4629 (05) Reallocated sector count 80 80 13352 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107677967 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1974 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770197000 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 723124264 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5220 (C2) HDA temperature 40 51 55834574888 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 3 107871544 (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 24906515381455 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2670190973 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1971889318	44% Average	Read 78.1 Write 75.3 Mixed 71 56% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.42 82% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2133 CL9 8GB 2x8GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 80%

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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	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 $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