MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.5% 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	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 01:34
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 87.8 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 296 41% 303 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 24 Parallax 31.2 20% 26.8 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 25.1 24% 29.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 60GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 86884918 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -8839042686357 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1287 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 617 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 46 47247654943 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 47247654943 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 86884918 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 86884918 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 86884918 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 85 85 12884901888 (E9) Unknown 0 0 33813 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9578 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9578 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8404	37.1% Below average	Read 310 Write 54.8 Mixed 78.8 32% 148 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 8.97 67% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 40.4 DQ Write 54.3 DQ Mixed 15.2 20% 36.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 53%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 306GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 99.4 Mixed 86.7 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.45 107% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 184%
USB Flash Disk 32GB 2,373 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	5.38% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 6.12 Mixed 9.67 13% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.03 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 16% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.38% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 18.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 59%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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