MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.3% 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	81.8% 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	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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130722
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 15:28
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 212 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 546 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% PNY(196E 1033) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 57.4 39% 49.4 fps	MRender 59.2 Gravity 54 Splatting 40.2 41% 51.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11665220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -38860864089439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 524 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 47 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 64427393049 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11665220 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11665220 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11665220 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10094 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11801 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11801 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20203	81.8% Excellent	Read 502 Write 258 Mixed 310 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 23.5 119% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 74.1 100% 184 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 638GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 518 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 518 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 475 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.2% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 163 Mixed 154 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.38 142% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 109%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 40 Write 39 Mixed 23.9 42% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.4% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 63%

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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 $127Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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