MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 06:45
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 218 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 636 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48% Average	Lighting 30.9 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 12.4 25% 27.2 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 125 Splatting 109 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 119GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14543 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4149 (E8) Unknown 100 100 10425090245 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	90.8% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 369 Mixed 408 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 28.4 129% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 114 127% 212 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15230 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4791 (B1) Unknown 57 57 521 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2464 (F1) Unknown 99 99 115536157340	77.1% Very good	Read 496 Write 349 Mixed 338 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 19.9 106% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 39.3 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 54.8 57% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214096968 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12015457 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1105 (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 67 63 555548705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12107 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 77309411361 (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 -83159156782683 (F1) Unknown 100 253 918922931 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61279405162	84% Excellent	Read 148 Write 145 Mixed 149 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 17.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $127Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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