MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.8% 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	91% 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-7815
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) (all builds)
Memory	30.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '18 at 13:45
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 260 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 696 76% 601 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 109 83% 107 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 79.8 73% 90.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 525 Series mSATA 240GB-$150 119 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: LLKi SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 183 175 166 173 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 258 Mixed 288 SusWrite 170 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 46 166% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 257 193% 259 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 95%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 186GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 102 SusWrite 106 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA00 250GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 228GB free Firmware: PB2OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 80 79 79 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 81.5 Write 63.5 Mixed 42 SusWrite 78.5 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 47%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 295GB free Firmware: 0002CE02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 94 97 96 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 88.2 Mixed 62 SusWrite 94.8 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 85%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) - $180

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	113x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	38x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	9x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	6x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $580

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