MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.3% 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	201% 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	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	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 11:23
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 710 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.9 84% 105 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 94.8 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 417GB free Firmware: SBFK10D7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1382 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 18 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 66 58 180390133794 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 138 (F1) Unknown 100 100 183 (F2) Unknown 100 100 57 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2 (F6) Unknown 100 100 53376	74.6% Very good	Read 438 Write 311 Mixed 313 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 8.95 97% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 13.6 75% 172 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 102%
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 320GB free Firmware: SAFM01.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7853 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 963 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1151 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393232 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3110	101% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 506 Mixed 514 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 14.4 120% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 65.9 120% 238 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,633 Write 834 Mixed 1,043 258% 1,170 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 51 208% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 193 223% 392 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 243%
WD WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0 600GB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 466GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 234 232 3300 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5124 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2301 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4974 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 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	75.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 123 Mixed 127 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.62 158% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 81%
WD Elements 1023 640GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 475GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 33 Mixed 11.4 32% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.11 52% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2133 CL9 8GB 4x8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 25.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 86%

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Typical Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) Builds (Compare 185 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	112x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	25x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $843

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16