MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 15:35
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 708 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 85 Parallax 75 68% 81.3 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 67.4 60% 74 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 342GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3180 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1197 (64) Unknown 100 100 4125312 (65) Unknown 100 100 1138240 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 254 (AF) Unknown 100 100 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 651 (B2) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2671 (B7) Unknown 99 99 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 171799937059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 12 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 12 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7299 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5575 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6628 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9487 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 12	64.7% Good	Read 480 Write 270 Mixed 143 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 12.2 87% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 45.7 DQ Mixed 6.35 27% 63.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 92%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^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 4363 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1764 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 748 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3997807 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 251 (C2) HDA temperature 62 55 193273528358 (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 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13628 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10018 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12789 (F4) Unknown 100 100 61 (F5) Unknown 100 100 111 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4168448	100% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 511 Mixed 511 116% 517 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 13.6 120% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 13.2 94% 217 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4626864 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 569 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 269886 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (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 64 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6678 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 73014444065 (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 -47510928227981 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2445175123 (F2) Unknown 100 253 390833041	99.1% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 156 Mixed 161 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237577928 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 857492 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1064 (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 59 555614241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20556 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 73014444065 (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 54241141982344 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5554229075 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12010416077	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 177 Mixed 119 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 363GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2583 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1667 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2354 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 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	94.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 156 Mixed 144 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.28 111% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 248GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238981485 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 17483859142 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4892 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 589234211 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 77309411363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 19 238981485 (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 -125971390765451 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4185081105 (F2) Unknown 100 253 181363365	57.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.8 Mixed 88.1 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.3 79% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 165GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109219448 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36160895 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2730 (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 67 60 9145614369 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52585 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 -140737488355295 (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 -136429636154529 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13024755339 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22212649139	107% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 179 Mixed 151 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 91%

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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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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