MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	21.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 16 '16 at 10:36
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Memory 48.6 1-Core 24.1 2-Core 47.3 27% 40 Pts	4-Core 75.4 8-Core 116 12% 95.6 Pts	64-Core 118 7% 118 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 0452) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1010.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 26.6 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 31.2 22% 29.2 fps	MRender 23.6 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 32.6 22% 26.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 480GB-$140 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1382 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (AB) Unknown 100 100 161876304 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 7 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1196 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1058 (F9) Unknown 100 100 43421862	72.9% Very good	Read 496 Write 480 Mixed 493 110% 490 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 14 71% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.8 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 12.8 24% 44.7 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 110%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 162GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 876 Write 285 Mixed 455 118% 539 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 14.6 65% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 56.1 60% 100 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 133%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 430GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 198 13712 (03) Spinup time 245 233 2741 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5668 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1959 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 719 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4948 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 18 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 128238 (C8) Write error rate 191 1 786	75.4% Very good	Read 147 Write 116 Mixed 118 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.63 167% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 80%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 329GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5490 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6545 (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 93 93 36809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2456 (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 70 53 538837022 (C2) HDA temperature 69 53 538837023 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 41203 (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	52.4% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 88.9 Mixed 102 72% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.46 111% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 38 Write 38.2 Mixed 29.2 44% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 17.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 7 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 166 24% 166 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 76%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 69%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) - $257

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	111x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	25x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	10x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	8x
SA2000M8250G 250GBKingstonBench 171%, 42,173 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 5,347 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	9x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	7x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,048

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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16