MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7815
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 21:56
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 267 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 695 78% 614 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% PowerColor(148C 2387) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 91.3 Parallax 192 92% 132 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 126 Splatting 131 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 35 34 37 38 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 484 Mixed 380 SusWrite 68.1 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 57.3 197% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 227 208% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 59GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 488 469 402 354 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 493 Mixed 409 SusWrite 409 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 64.4 216% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 106GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 124 121 124 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 73 SusWrite 124 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 70%
Samsung SP2004C 200GB-$46 4,063 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 186GB free Firmware: VM100-33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 35.5 Write 39 Mixed 30 SusWrite 36.4 26% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 64%

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

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Typical Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) Builds (Compare 202 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER MAX (MS-7815) - $180

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	113x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	38x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	9x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	6x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $580

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 $15	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