MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics134% 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 Drive119% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7915
MotherboardMSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)  (all builds)
Memory11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140422
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 07 '20 at 14:18
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 93.8
1-Core 121
2-Core 232
85% 149 Pts
4-Core 391
8-Core 625
62% 508 Pts
64-Core 620
38% 620 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
134% Outstanding
Lighting 188
Reflection 175
Parallax 170
153% 177 fps
MRender 191
Gravity 144
Splatting 122
121% 152 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 134%
Great: 136%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 253 200 183 173 167 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 515
Write 492
Mixed 468
SusWrite 213
95% 422 MB/s
4K Read 49.4
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 65.5
220% 77.1 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 363
273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 119%
Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
762GB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 142 142 144 144 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Read 150
Write 108
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 143
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
60.5% Good
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 21.9
MC Mixed 18.3
59% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 22
SC Mixed 20.6
56% 19.6 GB/s
Latency 60.3
66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 60.5%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) Builds (Compare 169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) - $229

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $777
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