MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7815
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 20:01
Run Duration	324 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 83.5 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 94.4 55% 83.9 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 172 17% 138 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 290X 3,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 59.1 Parallax 85.2 55% 70.6 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 74.6 53% 63.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 494GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8355 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (A5) Unknown 100 100 60162792 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1254 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 44 188979871776 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2250566599180 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4471 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15257 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11938 (F2) Unknown 253 253 23688 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.7% Very good	Read 481 Write 339 Mixed 327 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 15.7 99% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 7.53 52% 124 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1936 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 20 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 64 61 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3426850086	80% Very good	Read 497 Write 400 Mixed 415 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 16.1 117% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 73.2 DQ Mixed 73.7 49% 57.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 82960183 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3782 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13000283 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 14985140902747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2532 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7762 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 27762668602184 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3371912802 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10972463981	92.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 167 Mixed 132 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 96%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 174 5908 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10462 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 57128 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 32 (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	67.9% Good	Read 123 Write 114 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 175 5866 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12446 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 325087 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 32 (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	66.3% Good	Read 133 Write 98 Mixed 89.9 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.15 89% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 58GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 48 (03) Spinup time 174 144 8291 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15000 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 57993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 528 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 112 112 265964 (C2) HDA temperature 114 86 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	30.8% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 49.7 Mixed 51.7 40% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.41 106% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 60%
Generic- SD/MMC 2GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 0151 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.51% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 10.9 Mixed 8.3 15% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 18% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.51% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 587 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 124%

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Gaming 40%

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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 $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