MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	83.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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

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System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2351 x 1323 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 04:54
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 507 64% 486 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 288GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3012 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1115 (64) Unknown 100 100 3821184 (65) Unknown 100 100 1037696 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 227 (AF) Unknown 100 100 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 603 (B2) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2671 (B7) Unknown 99 99 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 171799937053 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 12 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 12 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6767 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5120 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6129 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8921 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 12	67.6% Good	Read 479 Write 271 Mixed 271 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 11.6 84% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 49.9 DQ Mixed 25.9 58% 127 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 92%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4195 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1667 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 748 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3801196 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 226 (C2) HDA temperature 67 55 193273528353 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13121 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9638 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12189 (F4) Unknown 100 100 58 (F5) Unknown 100 100 108 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4009792	83.9% Excellent	Read 524 Write 491 Mixed 18.1 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 13 106% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 93.3 DQ Mixed 13.9 24% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204782768 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 468 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 249501 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 69 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5579 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (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 -78967268703971 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2434437847 (F2) Unknown 100 253 358062888	102% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 166 Mixed 175 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201572584 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 973 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 836616 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 471597084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19547 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 73014444060 (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 95391223645251 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5543565687 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11986036484	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 172 Mixed 143 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.17 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$50 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 317GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2482 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4088 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1576 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2275 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87% Excellent	Read 156 Write 148 Mixed 162 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.19 88% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 248GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219079132 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 17483827443 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4801 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 522059807 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 19 219079132 (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 88158498743495 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3581617362 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1535426500	55.6% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 94.9 Mixed 88.9 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.33 85% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 165GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84194408 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36136531 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2639 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 9078374429 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 399 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51471 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (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 29609504541450 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13013987539 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22197722764	100% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 173 Mixed 149 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.28 85% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 28.6 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 27.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 91%

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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 $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 $40	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