MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.4% 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	96.2% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 07:06
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 502 65% 492 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1625 MHz, MLim: 1790 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 96.3 Parallax 85.2 80% 93.1 fps	MRender 85.2 Gravity 86.6 Splatting 76.3 67% 82.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 357GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD 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 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2767 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1016 (64) Unknown 100 100 3241088 (65) Unknown 100 100 877120 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 214 (AF) Unknown 100 100 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 511 (B2) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2671 (B7) Unknown 99 99 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 171799937051 (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 5699 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4247 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5137 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8419 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 12	68.8% Good	Read 465 Write 260 Mixed 262 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 9.78 88% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 28.5 69% 149 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 92%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3951 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1563 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 748 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3604585 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 215 (C2) HDA temperature 70 55 193273528350 (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 12326 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9000 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11430 (F4) Unknown 100 100 55 (F5) Unknown 100 100 105 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3772416	96.2% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 508 Mixed 514 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 13.7 120% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 13.1 66% 156 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.2% 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 (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125494856 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 239 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 199783 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 459 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (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 74 70 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3850 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 73014444058 (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 89627377533133 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2375625722 (F2) Unknown 100 253 305088482	100% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 164 Mixed 151 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% 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 as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225583632 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 871 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 763062 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 871 (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 74 59 454230042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17893 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 73014444058 (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 70300024701909 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5347797338 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11608433979	97.4% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 160 Mixed 145 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 114%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 356GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2282 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1474 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2086 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 26 (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	97.3% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 156 Mixed 148 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.22 95% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 105%
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 (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228135616 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3845 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36027105 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2537 (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 74 60 9027452954 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 388 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49858 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 -140737488355302 (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 44736379357882 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12994718544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21393061050	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 174 Mixed 157 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.25 99% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 149GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178936464 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 17483780786 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4699 (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 72 55 504692764 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 77309411356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 19 178936464 (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 -99149320002867 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3557417708 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1229777253	54.2% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 96.2 Mixed 85.8 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.37 87% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 68%

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 (95^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 29.5 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 28.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 91%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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