MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '20 at 09:15
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 214 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 620 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.08 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.8% Good	Lighting 94.4 Reflection 91.4 Parallax 84.6 77% 90.1 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 82.5 Splatting 0.2 47% 66.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 200 188 185 186 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 258 Mixed 229 SusWrite 193 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 52.7 178% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 236 192% 275 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%
Hitachi HUS726T4TALA6L4 4TB 419 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2.5TB free Firmware: VLGNW40H SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 192 189 194 190 193 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 61% Great: 125%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 394GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 82 83 81 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 89.7 Write 79.3 Mixed 58 SusWrite 81.6 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 107 107 111 106 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 124 Write 110 Mixed 107 SusWrite 106 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 2x8GB 1,803 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 63%

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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 $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