MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7811
Motherboard	MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150514
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 113 2-Core 208 82% 139 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 463 52% 408 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 116 66% 85.1 fps	MRender 59.3 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 75.7 62% 75.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q 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 98 98 5112 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1740 (B1) Unknown 97 97 75 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 27 (EB) Unknown 99 99 263 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35006855077
Poor: 66% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7316 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3142 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5041 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 33 (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	66.7% Good	Read 143 Write 89.7 Mixed 129 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.37 118% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 96GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 84 226625278 (03) Spinup time 90 83 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 50 2032121554277 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6894 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 38 606339108 (C2) HDA temperature 36 62 51539607588 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 56 231217882 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967293 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967293 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.1% Below average	Read 56.9 Write 51.6 Mixed 50.8 40% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.28 63% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 42%
Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB-$45 2,416 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 34GB free Firmware: BACE1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 169 165 19982 (04) Start/Stop count 245 245 17662 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 243 35412 (09) Power-on hours count 191 191 50689 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 205 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 236 236 6784 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 253 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 2762 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 10174 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 205 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 247 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 148 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	18.9% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 34.5 Mixed 28.7 23% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 4.33 4K Mixed 0.5 160% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87 XPOWER (MS-7811)

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	24x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	10x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	7x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	6x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
X150 240GBEmtecBench 66%, 3,577 samples	8x
840 Pro 512GBSamsung $129Bench 96%, 14,996 samples	3x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x
KHX1600C9D3/4GX Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 8GBKingstonBench 40%, 16 samples	4x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	4x

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Value: 119% - Outstanding

Total price: $252

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	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