MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 11:12
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 622 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 41.6 Parallax 55.5 38% 47.7 fps	MRender 56.6 Gravity 50.9 Splatting 38.5 39% 48.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7890 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1200 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 88 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179679 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 82 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2475	63.4% Good	Read 375 Write 262 Mixed 262 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 9.7 84% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 38.1 71% 143 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 95%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 682GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188232120 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1946 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 498334228 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2117 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 47 773259306 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2212 (C2) HDA temperature 42 53 38654705706 (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 -16926466097140 (F1) Unknown 100 253 87935162005 (F2) Unknown 100 253 105150804509	91.8% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 161 Mixed 153 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 10.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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Typical Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) Builds (Compare 169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16