MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	94.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7811
Motherboard	MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150514
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '17 at 02:45
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 219 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 573 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.6 94% 111 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 85.5 75% 92.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7061 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4845 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 55 26 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 305 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12034154227	94.6% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 331 Mixed 342 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 27.5 143% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 91.4 119% 217 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 126%
WD Se 4TB-$90 2,519 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 140 11500 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1763 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (10) Unknown 1 199 34408856397 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1673 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	89.3% Excellent	Read 167 Write 144 Mixed 141 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 3.24 4K Mixed 0.31 130% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 369GB free Firmware: 05.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 115 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.34 83% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 50GB free Firmware: JP2O Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 81.9 Write 82.4 Mixed 71.5 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.35 81% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C10-4GTX 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 93%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	24x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	10x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	7x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	6x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
X150 240GBEmtecBench 66%, 3,577 samples	8x
840 Pro 512GBSamsung $129Bench 96%, 14,996 samples	3x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x
KHX1600C9D3/4GX Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 8GBKingstonBench 40%, 16 samples	4x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	4x

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Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $252

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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