MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 21:56
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 691 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 67.8 64% 74.9 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 72 Splatting 74.3 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CX1-GB512-D11 M.2 2280 512GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 368GB free Firmware: XG9110B 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 100 100 301 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2154 (B2) Unknown 100 100 44 (B3) Unknown 100 100 1104 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4528 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 889 (F1) Unknown 100 100 24982 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27179
Poor: 42% Great: 127%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 284GB free Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,135 Write 1,231 Mixed 1,413 352% 1,593 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 65.2 244% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 459 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 166 184% 314 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 259%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1761 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 539 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 431 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048654 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 69 64 154620133407 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3472 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2233 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2947 (F4) Unknown 100 100 16 (F5) Unknown 100 100 78 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1123392	82.5% Excellent	Read 514 Write 390 Mixed 438 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 12.8 107% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 11.3 52% 120 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 296GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 87 44831696 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2209 (05) Reallocated sector count 91 91 12488 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 77464530332 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1806 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4658 (BC) Unknown 100 95 55835492371 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 605487138 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 70385 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 90194313250 (C5) Current pending sector count 91 1 1480 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 91 1 1480 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 40 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25241522805945 (F1) Unknown 100 253 117228089504379 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -92300670855087	88.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 151 Mixed 179 123% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.41 115% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 112%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 29GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 89.9 Write 74.8 Mixed 71.7 98% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.42 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 3.45 306% 5.79 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) - $229

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	96x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	20x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	14x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	12x

SSD
Crucial_CT120M500SSD4 120GBBench 67%, 178 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	7x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 6,123 samples	5x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	4x

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Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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