MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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	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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '16 at 22:09
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	TTO-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 651 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 137 Parallax 120 107% 129 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 480GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 110GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4851 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1475 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 632 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720919 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1212 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 89 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6909	81.3% Excellent	Read 503 Write 342 Mixed 345 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 10.2 102% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 9.74 77% 180 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 99%
BP5 240GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3874 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 533 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 324 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786462 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 453 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4623	100% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 491 Mixed 503 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 14.4 124% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 61.5 118% 235 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0909 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 35.2 Mixed 32.2 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 6.16 4K Mixed 0.33 178% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 8TB 825 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3TB free Firmware: 040B Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 96.6 Mixed 66 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 5.87 4K Mixed 0.59 228% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 89%
Toshiba MK6459GSXP 640GB 2,156 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 581GB 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 1975 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2539 (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 68 68 13086 (0A) Spinup retry count 150 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1878 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16508 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224446506 (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 82 82 7243 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 355 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	43.3% Average	Read 74.5 Write 76.3 Mixed 66 54% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 45%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 275GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 162 4716 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6000 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 109654 (C2) HDA temperature 107 85 40 (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	39.5% Below average	Read 70.4 Write 66.9 Mixed 67.7 52% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.37 100% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.5% 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 (96^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 2871 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 116493962691 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2206 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 47 740753452 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 715 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 980391 (C2) HDA temperature 44 53 81604378668 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 73 52 237722987 (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 43.2 Mixed 41.2 32% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.3 64% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2666 C12 2x4GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.5% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 28%

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Typical Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914) Builds (Compare 45 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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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Total price: $779

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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