MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.3% 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	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '19 at 14:18
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	32%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 196 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 394 43% 339 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 58.9 Parallax 84.6 55% 70.4 fps	MRender 61 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 78.7 55% 66.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 184 188 190 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 368 Write 301 Mixed 277 SusWrite 183 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 35.6 132% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 175 145% 209 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 20GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 178 200 198 197 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 364 Write 329 Mixed 310 SusWrite 191 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 46.7 159% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 226 171% 231 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 330GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 191 191 189 190 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 141 Mixed 85 SusWrite 189 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 71 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 70.3 Write 64.5 Mixed 46.6 SusWrite 70.7 46% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 91%

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

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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	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 $273	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 $177	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) $37	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