MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	138% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '21 at 15:01
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 449 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 117 Parallax 108 96% 114 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 108 Splatting 103 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 455 424 452 453 435 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 714 Write 570 Mixed 415 SusWrite 421 119% 530 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 53.8 198% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 365 305% 458 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 130GB free Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 301 315 318 317 319 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 355 Write 340 Mixed 306 SusWrite 292 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 38.1 133% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 230 174% 236 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 192 197 201 199 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 150 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 190 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 507GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 128 128 128 128 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 166 Write 134 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 127 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 63%

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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 $127Bench 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 $300	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