MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.5% 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	44.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7815
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '20 at 18:43
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 140 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 762 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1568 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 119 Parallax 118 90% 116 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.4 80% 98.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MT-128 128GB 290 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: H181031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 60 45 34 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 350 Write 59.6 Mixed 104 SusWrite 48.1 30% 141 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 18.6 83% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47.4 DQ Write 57.1 DQ Mixed 50.2 38% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 91%
Toshiba MQ02ABF050H-SSHD-8GB 500GB 407 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 466GB free Firmware: HDFC1E SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 68 67 73 82 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 106 Write 61.1 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 71.9 17% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 14.6 49% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 19.9 DQ Mixed 17.4 15% 23.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 29%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 63GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 76 78 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 79.7 Write 76.8 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 78.2 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-048.A00LF 4x4GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 64%

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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 MAX (MS-7815) Builds (Compare 202 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) - $180

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	113x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	38x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	9x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	6x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $580

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