MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.2% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 05:03
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 548 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3768) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 32 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 40.1 26% 34.6 fps	MRender 42.8 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 36.3 32% 40.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9023 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1720 (B1) Unknown 97 97 61 (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 60 45 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 109 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40042375393	106% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 402 Mixed 411 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 43.8 171% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 84.4 93% 158 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free Firmware: MPAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 47281930813 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2735 (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 100 100 4571 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2894 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2894 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 193274839078 (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 200 200 0	72.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 118 Mixed 146 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 70%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: MPAO Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 113 Mixed 110 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.09 39% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 72%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147006224 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3635 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 59 47268329852 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1267 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 588775459 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 622 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3635 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 77309411363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	56.2% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 96.9 Mixed 93.6 73% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 754GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4155768 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3238 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4549003 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1513 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 13 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 605618212 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24630 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 77309411364 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 16 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -21466246540655 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5514854539 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13773352630	65.3% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 115 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 114%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 113GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25790710081 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5128 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 16499 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 16499 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 227634446377 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41.6% Average	Read 65.9 Write 78.8 Mixed 75.3 55% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.37 87% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	58% Above average	Read 118 Write 90.3 Mixed 42.6 97% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 6.07 4K Mixed 0.5 262% 5.65 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 1302 1866 CL10 Series 1302 1866 CL10 Series 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

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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	203x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16