MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.8% 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	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	26.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 16:25
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 101 2-Core 183 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 454 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3001) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.3% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 29 21% 26.5 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 27.1 25% 30.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26199 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 403 (B1) Unknown 87 87 453 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 77923011287	93.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 389 Mixed 434 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 23.2 124% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 22.6 90% 199 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 929GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 84 143587024 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4780 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 8111 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 143924663 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3681 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 60751675426 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 235602 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 -140737488355294 (C5) Current pending sector count 84 79 2745 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 84 79 2745 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -27565100093505 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11194148021 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54356691296	86.7% Excellent	Read 165 Write 138 Mixed 124 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 114%
ST3000DM 001-1CH166 3TB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 38.4 Write 39.4 Mixed 20.5 41% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.3 55% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 71%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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