MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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.
Boot Drive	167% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '20 at 19:29
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 753 79% 635 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 155 Parallax 163 137% 162 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 115% 146 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$89 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 501GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 477 411 424 423 422 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 627 Write 578 Mixed 565 SusWrite 456 125% 556 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 80.8 272% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 529 DQ Mixed 510 419% 605 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 372%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 42GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 50 48 50 51 55 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 44% Great: 72%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 206GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 94 91 92 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 104 Write 97.5 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 91.4 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 87%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 81GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 124 123 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 116 Write 46.1 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 124 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 903 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24.6 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 28.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 110%

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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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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