MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 20:46
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 692 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1651 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 125 Parallax 114 98% 120 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 111 Splatting 97 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 147GB free Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4958860 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 11828339938609 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1876 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 156 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 52 47248048162 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 47248048162 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4958860 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4958860 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4958860 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8952 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9661 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9661 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14290	78.1% Very good	Read 475 Write 242 Mixed 293 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 17.8 117% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 72 98% 180 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 85%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 14494 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1643 (A6) Unknown 100 100 39 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 236 (A9) Unknown 100 100 336 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 122 (AE) Unknown 100 100 487 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 155 665721110563 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1030 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 30938 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15857 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16649 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	102% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 471 Mixed 419 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 28.7 136% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 67.2 115% 225 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 514GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 74 4457 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3735 (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 10494 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 71 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 219043987487 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 779 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 71 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 503996	46.5% Average	Read 79.3 Write 82.8 Mixed 78.5 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) Builds (Compare 184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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