MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '16 at 05:49
Run Duration	342 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 694 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 836 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 161 (B1) Unknown 99 99 26 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6490736768	120% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 485 Mixed 498 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.7 178% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 161 172% 286 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 90GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 87492251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -111755049039279 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1004 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 56 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 42 77312163869 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 77312163869 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 87492251 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 87492251 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 87492251 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5002 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4143 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4143 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3588	89.2% Excellent	Read 516 Write 264 Mixed 227 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 25.7 141% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 80 105% 190 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 94%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 90GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5740103 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 6880537613316 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1556 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 191 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 12057 (BD) vendor-specific 28 84 64430014492 (C2) HDA temperature 28 84 64430014492 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5740103 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 24 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5740103 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5740103 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11761 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8884 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8884 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9832	88.9% Excellent	Read 519 Write 236 Mixed 302 77% 352 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 27.1 149% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 80.1 98% 174 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 475GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136956888 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 995 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 249069877 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 872 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4549930 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 521535517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18816 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (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	117% Outstanding	Read 219 Write 190 Mixed 165 143% 191 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.38 118% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,619 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 576GB free, PID a00e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 96.5 Write 85.9 Mixed 51.7 95% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.21 20% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,619 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 456GB free, PID a00e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 71.7 Write 70.7 Mixed 64.7 88% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 171GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 51.9 Write 49.7 Mixed 33.1 56% 44.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.16 17% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 45%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 7GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 110 Write 11.2 Mixed 18.3 40% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.69 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.7 74% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 71%

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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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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