MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% 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	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 15:54
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 706 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1629 MHz, MLim: 1772 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 127 Parallax 115 100% 121 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 111 Splatting 96.2 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 128GB 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 106GB free Firmware: DC71203 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1774 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1783 (B1) Unknown 100 100 850388 (B2) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 17 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 17 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 545155 (F2) Unknown 100 100 253884	96.2% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 320 Mixed 392 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 37.3 143% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 18.4 86% 195 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 94%
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 39 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47249817667 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 47 227633266736 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 94490394646 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 145 (EA) Unknown 100 100 313 (F1) Unknown 253 253 234 (F2) Unknown 253 253 101 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	46.2% Average	Read 477 Write 46.6 Mixed 156 49% 227 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 3.81 75% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 3.64 26% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 71%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 218 179 6066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1311 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4165 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 37 (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	81.1% Excellent	Read 138 Write 144 Mixed 136 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.2 101% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 101%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 903GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 798 (03) Spinup time 182 158 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3092 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2452 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3077 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 35 (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 200 200 398 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50% Average	Read 89.5 Write 84.3 Mixed 82.6 64% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.34 106% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 51%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 490GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 216 172 6183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1120 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7567 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 35 (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	52.5% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 88.2 Mixed 85.3 67% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 347GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5441 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1286 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5028 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 32 (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	77.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 140 Mixed 126 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.37 137% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 141GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138765800 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19077305 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1006 (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 68 51 555745312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41784 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 73014444064 (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 -11673721107787 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16139908069 (F2) Unknown 100 253 140129706212	93.7% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 148 Mixed 156 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2400, 1333, 2400, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 74%

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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 $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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Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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