MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '22 at 17:41
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3-$245 2,834 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 552 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 87 Parallax 77.2 67% 82 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 67.9 60% 74.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
240gb SSD 240GB 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 120 94 102 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 431 Write 348 Mixed 298 SusWrite 125 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 9.4 83% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 17.6 47% 97.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 93%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 143GB free Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1083 1519 631 68 74 69 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 968 Write 1,688 Mixed 1,158 SusWrite 574 248% 1,097 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 75.4 265% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 712 DQ Write 586 DQ Mixed 818 567% 706 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 299%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 159GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 93 93 92 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 71.2 Write 82.6 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 91.8 48% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 274GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 73 73 73 73 68 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 87.6 Write 92.7 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 71.5 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 2,172 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.2 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $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