MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 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	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141107
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 14:10
Run Duration	2092 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 444 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Sapphire(174B E306) CLim: 918 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 28% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1296 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 519 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 127 (A9) Unknown 100 100 770 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 70 39 167504707614 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 259 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8303 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4355 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2893 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.8% Good	Read 477 Write 316 Mixed 353 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 16.2 70% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 52.9 62% 100 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 191 191 427 (03) Spinup time 210 175 4458 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1327 (05) Reallocated sector count 175 175 739 (07) Seek error rate 168 168 5506 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8273 (C2) HDA temperature 125 118 25 (C4) Reallocation count 193 1 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 68 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	15.8% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 21.9 Mixed 0.51 13% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.007 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 0.06 12% 0.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 83%
Jmicron Generic 320GB 857 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 294GB free Firmware: 0203 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 59.8 Mixed 57.1 44% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.35 79% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 84%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $107Bench 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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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $779

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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