MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Graphics	9.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7915
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1862 x 1048 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '14 at 21:24
Run Duration	645 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 110 2-Core 222 75% 166 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 424 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 51% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 1268) 896MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.3788 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	9.04% Terrible	Lighting 12.3 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 5.53 10% 9.33 fps	MRender 9.95 Gravity 9.5 Splatting 7.13 7% 8.86 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.04% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 58 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 418314667
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2012)-$45 601 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 294GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 143 1250 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15080 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 104 104 288485 (C2) HDA temperature 112 107 31 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	52.5% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 92.9 Mixed 56.4 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 55%
WD 5000AAKB Externa 500GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 428GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 33.2 Mixed 1.49 26% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 18%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	4.93% Terrible	Read 17.4 Write 4.36 Mixed 4.56 9% 8.78 MB/s	4K Read 6.07 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.93% Great: 7%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

MSI Z97 MPOWER (MS-7915)

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PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)