MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39% 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	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 10:00
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 221 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 631 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2835) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39% Below average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 56.3 38% 48.6 fps	MRender 57.8 Gravity 54.7 Splatting 39.9 40% 50.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3184 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 560 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 65 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 52 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16810894992	117% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 402 Mixed 414 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 50.2 185% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 130 154% 268 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 138GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90537120 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 38706244549 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3646 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 52195295267 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 979 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14795 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 -140737488355293 (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 130094559412763 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52322574790 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64544087252	60.6% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 106 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 114%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 116GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 2091 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3769 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3611 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 978 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2790 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (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	93.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 160 Mixed 145 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.63 4K Mixed 0.41 202% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 72GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54419536 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1364 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23937080 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1359 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 622133281 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2885 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 34359738401 (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 54477365189251 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39939654360 (F2) Unknown 100 253 130307101292	58.2% Above average	Read 99 Write 104 Mixed 103 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 632 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 26.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

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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 $62Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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