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 way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 12 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '16 at 04:41
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	TTO-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 251 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 698 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7914) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BP5 240GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1977 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 500 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 324 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458766 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 436 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2625	102% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 511 Mixed 517 116% 519 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 14.8 129% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 69.1 112% 211 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 97%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 825 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 152 Write 106 Mixed 64.3 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 7.08 4K Mixed 0.55 228% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 89%
Toshiba MK6459GSXP 640GB 2,156 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 596GB free Firmware: GN003J 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 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2258 (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 73 73 11197 (0A) Spinup retry count 145 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1845 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 14886 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224446503 (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 200 200 3 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 75 (DE) Loaded hours 83 83 6923 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 315 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	42.7% Average	Read 67.8 Write 80.7 Mixed 76.7 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.14 65% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 45%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 464GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 162 4741 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5818 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 91938 (C2) HDA temperature 106 85 41 (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	43.4% Average	Read 78 Write 72.7 Mixed 67.9 55% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.39 107% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 44%
Seagate ST9120822AS 120GB-$35 2,185 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 109GB free Firmware: 3.CDD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 116492611712 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2173 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 47 807403562 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 688 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 867953 (C2) HDA temperature 42 53 81604378666 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 52 207994569 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 52 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 98 98 52 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24.5% Poor	Read 42 Write 43.4 Mixed 41.3 32% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.31 69% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2666 C12 3x4GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 81%

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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 $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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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $786

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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) $34	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