MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.2% 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	92.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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-7914
Motherboard	MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 14:56
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 206 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 554 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 361C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.2% Poor	Lighting 30.5 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 34.1 25% 31.1 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 31.7 29% 35.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^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 1543 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1062 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 61 (A3) Unknown 100 100 30 (A4) Unknown 100 100 59901 (A5) Unknown 100 100 118 (A6) Unknown 100 100 17 (A7) Unknown 100 100 57 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 222924 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 511464 (F2) Unknown 100 100 674613 (F5) Unknown 100 100 958416	92.9% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 429 Mixed 467 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 22.4 118% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 21.7 84% 185 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 138GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^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 100 100 147 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1041 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 66 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8537 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1401 (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 3445 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 90661 (F2) Unknown 100 100 230889 (F5) Unknown 100 100 136592	94.9% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 429 Mixed 468 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 34.7 138% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 62.7 74% 121 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 311GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 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 100 100 2064 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9283 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3185 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25641 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3350 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 227634184224 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 84 84 8903 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2429 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3860	72.7% Very good	Read 123 Write 131 Mixed 121 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.66 144% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 75%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 280GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 138 11583 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1145 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7396 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1090 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 938 (C2) HDA temperature 115 94 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.7% Good	Read 110 Write 115 Mixed 110 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.25 109% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 256GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 136 11741 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1102 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1089 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 836 (C2) HDA temperature 115 95 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 124 Mixed 117 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.22 95% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 244GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 165 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1126 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7392 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1094 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 868 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 137 Write 147 Mixed 142 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.28 122% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 243GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 43957712 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 210369845 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1848 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 571801631 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 397 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24420 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 28 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 99338298601423 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35566052837 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40634081118	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 177 Mixed 159 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.32 99% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 193GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 38.2 Mixed 32.7 46% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.22 46% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 14.3 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 79%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	34x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	7x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	2x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	6x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $113Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	4x
860 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 100%, 26,055 samples	3x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	2x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	3x
F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-1866C10-8GSR 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-1866C10-8GSR 24GBUnknownBench 61%, 14 samples	3x

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Total price: $786

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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