MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18% 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)
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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '16 at 23:38
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 473 63% 469 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gainward(10B0 11C2) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 19.8 Parallax 25.7 17% 22 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 24.1 Splatting 23.3 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 34717 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 100 (B1) Unknown 90 90 118 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37430178105
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 96GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 72 157036235 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1946 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 342 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 117063206 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 693 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 64499 (BC) Unknown 100 76 253407526994 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 244 (BE) vendor-specific 54 36 26505034530862 (C2) HDA temperature 46 64 60129542190 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 18 157036235 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 146 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 146 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58192511923103 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3679518301 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1136344317	54.3% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 93.5 Mixed 71.2 65% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 23GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8080 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 8904 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 37877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1188 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 555548703 (C2) HDA temperature 67 51 572325921 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1713009 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	41.6% Average	Read 63.8 Write 80.9 Mixed 68.5 54% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.54 114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x8GB 2,913 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 23 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 72%

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Typical Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) Builds (Compare 430 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $584

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