MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	26GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 26GB 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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7914
Motherboard	MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914) (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 26 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 00:38
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	JAM-User
Background CPU	99%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.2% Poor	Memory 32.9 1-Core 33.9 2-Core 61.7 26% 42.8 Pts	4-Core 95.1 8-Core 146 15% 121 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 20.5 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.8 17% 20.8 fps	Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 21% 23 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 887GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113115312 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 728 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53492638 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 529 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 48 807141422 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11805 (C2) HDA temperature 46 52 81604378670 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -127105262154835 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7194912579 (F2) Unknown 100 253 210763663374	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 178 Mixed 168 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 864GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214548424 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60681632 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 657 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 47 773586988 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17218 (C2) HDA temperature 44 53 81604378668 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 31812822765714 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3047911390 (F2) Unknown 100 253 156073392490
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 424GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12 (03) Spinup time 189 178 7525 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 654 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 127 127 219471 (C2) HDA temperature 103 90 49 (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	37% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 62 Mixed 58 47% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.4 105% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-052.A00LF 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 Samsung M378B5773SB0-CK0 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 26GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1333, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.2% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 7.4 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 5.4 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 238 17% 238 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 44%

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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 $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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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $779

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