MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 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	Dec 12 '18 at 19:52
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 704 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% 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: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 153 Parallax 138 120% 146 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 145 Splatting 118 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,098 Write 6103 Mixed 6,252 1,445% 6,484 MB/s	4K Read 454 4K Write 203 4K Mixed 252 1,118% 303 MB/s	DQ Read 961 DQ Write 450 DQ Mixed 620 482% 677 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 118GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 379 377 374 375 369 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 394 Write 373 Mixed 276 SusWrite 375 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 39.4 149% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 319 244% 331 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 209 211 211 207 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 168 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 207 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 117% 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 25.9 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $269	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 $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