MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 117% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.9% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	233% 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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 02 '17 at 22:04
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4790K-$339 85,790 User benchmarks - Average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	SC Int 131 SC Float 132 SC Mixed 128 104% 130 Pts	QC Int 429 QC Float 442 QC Mixed 422 98% 431 Pts	MC Int 655 MC Float 711 MC Mixed 689 102% 685 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 99%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 290X-$549 9,843 User benchmarks - Average bench 70% PowerColor(148C 2342) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.5 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 177 Reflection 143 Parallax 190 55% 170 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 180 Splatting 180 71% 162 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 78%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 40,487 User benchmarks - Average bench 6% MSI(1462 7915) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.86% Terrible	Lighting 13.4 Reflection 19.9 Parallax 25.3 6% 19.5 fps	MRender 24.6 Gravity 8 Splatting 20.7 12% 17.8 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$199 3,143 User benchmarks - Average bench 73% 570GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (29^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 100 100 438 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 55 193274380323 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 911575210 (F7) Unknown 100 100 28508470 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2041750 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3570 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	66.3% Good	Read 465 Write 329 Mixed 335 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 12.2 89% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 73.5 DQ Mixed 44.7 35% 46 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 89%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$234 8,247 User benchmarks - Average bench 233% 68GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,212 Write 1,312 Mixed 1,342 358% 1,622 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 44 200% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 40.4 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 23.3 38% 69.6 MB/s
Poor: 187% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 279%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$134 3,332 User benchmarks - Average bench 74% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 170 8058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 779 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6515 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 112 481 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 117 Mixed 121 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.18 91% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 98%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$85 6,596 User benchmarks - Average bench 47% 710GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ !4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 84 84 5750 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2277 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1520 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 254 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 571080734 (C2) HDA temperature 65 55 587857955 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 509283 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57% Above average	Read 101 Write 97.4 Mixed 111 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$66 12,288 User benchmarks - Average bench 51% 62GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ !4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8300 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6519 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1483 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 241 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 587923490 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 604700708 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 265457 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	36.4% Below average	Read 62.1 Write 64.2 Mixed 59.9 47% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.32 99% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB-$118 3,556 User benchmarks - Average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.9 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 26.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 89%

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Typical Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) Builds (Compare 233 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) - $229

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $339Bench 87%, 85,790 samples	126x
Core i5-4690KIntel $235Bench 81%, 47,726 samples	46x
Core i7-4770KIntel $391Bench 78%, 32,617 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 175,986 samples	42x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 77%, 33,381 samples	31x
R9 290AMD $399Bench 65%, 18,493 samples	17x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $139Bench 79%, 39,680 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $96Bench 94%, 137,510 samples	17x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $165Bench 96%, 86,761 samples	15x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILL $118Bench 68%, 3,556 samples	11x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsair $120Bench 60%, 7,074 samples	9x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,571 samples	9x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,195

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $96
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $260	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $136
Intel Core i5-7600K $224	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $239	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $165

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $50	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $132	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $34
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $714	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $23
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $44	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $133	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13