MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96% 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	81.9% 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '19 at 15:38
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 496 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 1F08) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 116 Parallax 112 101% 117 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 103 Splatting 83.3 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 148 149 146 146 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 369 Write 143 Mixed 215 SusWrite 146 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42.7 164% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 127 110% 162 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 170GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 265 355 279 357 285 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 194 Write 98.5 Mixed 294 SusWrite 312 51% 225 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 43.7 150% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 215 184% 269 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 681GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 100 Mixed 62 SusWrite 103 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 395GB free Firmware: CC96 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 123 135 122 135 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 62 SusWrite 128 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 114%
Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016)-$105 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 153 156 152 151 155 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 157 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 154 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 23.8 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 79%

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

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Typical Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) Builds (Compare 430 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $127Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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