MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	179% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '22 at 19:29
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 194 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 464 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 82%

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: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 119 Parallax 105 84% 109 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 101 Splatting 94.3 80% 98.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 512GB 20,750 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 631 651 634 600 603 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 734 Write 651 Mixed 654 SusWrite 581 147% 655 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 77.6 262% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 1,086 717% 850 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 295%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 132 132 133 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 126 Mixed 79.6 SusWrite 131 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 69%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 140 141 140 141 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 50.6 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 137 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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