MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 19:50
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 689 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64LC (Liquid Cooled)-$1,700 4,268 User benchmarks, average bench 94% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1672 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 190 106% 138 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 146 Splatting 134 104% 125 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 98%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 415 418 413 411 407 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 409 Mixed 325 SusWrite 415 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 46.2 160% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 350 265% 357 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 83GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 458 464 438 366 366 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 424 Mixed 401 SusWrite 427 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 61.1 209% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 364 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 129%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 486GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 56 56 57 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 57.7 Write 59.4 Mixed 41 SusWrite 56.5 73% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 4x4GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 28.6 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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