MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.1% 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	91.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '16 at 23:30
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 257 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 712 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Nvidia(10DE 104B) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 52.4 Parallax 67.3 50% 60.5 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 67 Splatting 50.3 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9789 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 399 (B1) Unknown 97 97 31 (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 53 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 937 (EB) Unknown 99 99 190 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17095707838	91.7% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 340 Mixed 351 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 24.6 131% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 85 118% 218 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 8GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q 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 98 98 9496 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 394 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 61 59 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1291 (EB) Unknown 99 99 180 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3211382737	65.9% Good	Read 493 Write 130 Mixed 129 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 9.62 100% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 27.5 73% 161 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13213 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 501 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2877 (EB) Unknown 99 99 271 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2717205191	61.1% Good	Read 469 Write 127 Mixed 108 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 9.06 88% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 26.9 71% 156 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 325GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 31 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 708 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 601 (C2) HDA temperature 109 105 34 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 183 Mixed 161 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.28 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 103GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185706517 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 931 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 88 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 240757051 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 932 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065671 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 522059807 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 18 185706517 (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 -52677773844412 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3234816102 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1723613103	61.6% Good	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.46 99% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 70%
JMicron 160GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 93GB free Firmware: 9122 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 42.1 Write 37.9 Mixed 39.8 30% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.43 95% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 42%
JMicron 100GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 93GB free Firmware: 9122 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.7% Poor	Read 46.1 Write 33 Mixed 35.1 29% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.3 71% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 73%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16