MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	28.9 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	Mar 24 '17 at 11:47
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 123 2-Core 237 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 632 67% 534 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 67.4 63% 74.4 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 74 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 489GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 44 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 65 150324641818 (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 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2110067341 (F7) Unknown 100 100 66098885 (F8) Unknown 100 100 5390344 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1950 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 463 Write 333 Mixed 339 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 25.9 108% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 46 80% 156 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 99%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 166 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 57 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 59 176094511130 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4974703334 (F7) Unknown 100 100 155769220 (F8) Unknown 100 100 38755476 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1923 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	77.1% Very good	Read 465 Write 302 Mixed 323 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 24.7 104% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 46.7 76% 145 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 99%
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 414GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2044 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3384 (E8) Unknown 100 100 15268130147 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	103% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 471 Mixed 440 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.7 145% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 118 127% 207 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 163GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 140 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 308 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2588 (B7) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 56 188979347482 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7270853491 (F7) Unknown 100 100 87911710 (F8) Unknown 100 100 33641789	95.3% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 385 Mixed 411 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 33.1 135% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 66.5 98% 180 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 113%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC42 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 25767104 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 905 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2890058 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 569 (BE) vendor-specific 76 62 404095000 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 491 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 951 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 38654705688 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 162 Mixed 123 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 502GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 137 Mixed 125 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139084832 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 4309193992 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2742 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 12885098545 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 799 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32708 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 38654705691 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 39507 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -137748191116293 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8310754710 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36228610317	89.8% Excellent	Read 171 Write 141 Mixed 144 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.56 4K Mixed 0.43 183% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 150 Write 117 Mixed 60.5 128% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.57 257% 2.75 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 24.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 87%

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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 $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