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MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '15 at 16:22
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 119 2-Core 224 78% 171 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 668 64% 529 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.150.1004.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 96.2 62% 79.1 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 81 59% 70.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 57%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7915) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3960 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 24GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 44684839758344 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 427 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13836 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17236 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17236 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13580	45% Average	Read 200 Write 98.9 Mixed 118 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 13.8 97% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 31.9 35% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 61%
OCZ Vector 128GB-$71 1,277 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 51 51 51 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2158 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 510 (AB) Unknown 80 80 17595728 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 51 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 188 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8802 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4407 (F9) Unknown 100 100 795062385	76.1% Very good	Read 339 Write 309 Mixed 328 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 31.1 126% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 70.8 69% 102 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 103%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$68 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 113GB free Firmware: PB4OCA1G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 141 100 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2570 (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 91 91 4309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 974 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1179648 (BC) Unknown 100 1 16282 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 437714970 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8847495 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 34359 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	33.5% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 53.8 Mixed 57.5 44% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.23 63% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 45%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 12GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6200 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3909 (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 6485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 695 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 66 319881235 (C2) HDA temperature 77 64 386990103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 241851 (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 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	34.6% Below average	Read 66.9 Write 53.4 Mixed 54.3 44% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 59%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	101x
Core i7-4770KIntel $75Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	20x
Core i5-4670KIntel $100Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	17x

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 $99Bench 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 $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $330

MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

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