MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 08:57
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 256 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 654 73% 574 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 85.4 Parallax 75 65% 80.1 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 67.4 59% 73 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5958 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1131 (B1) Unknown 99 99 44 (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 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 85 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26718793719	118% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 500 Mixed 455 110% 495 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 43.4 174% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 148 153% 249 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238949440 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3203 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 53 60134333692 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1284 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 275382796318 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19448 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -124635655960138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30013597045 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8536882360
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53984112 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 53 111676076892 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1282 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 369905827872 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19833 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -112811610994247 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32908120597 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12528649872
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 18GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 733 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2728 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2286 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2488 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 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	53.5% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 89.9 Mixed 66.1 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.32 115% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 109%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 878GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 78.2 124% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 63%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 76GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.2% 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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Value: 68% - Good

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 $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) $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