MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914)

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	99.3% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 12:00
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 98 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 702 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3052 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 201 Parallax 186 160% 194 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 189 Splatting 125 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13186 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1730 (B1) Unknown 97 97 136 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 390 (F1) Unknown 99 99 60406617594	99.3% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 383 Mixed 472 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 26.5 146% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 22.2 87% 191 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 77GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,557 Write 1,319 Mixed 1,434 389% 1,770 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 47.9 220% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 407 DQ Mixed 204 228% 390 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 425GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62996656 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4595584714 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2502 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BC) Unknown 100 99 55835951130 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 4782882845 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 817 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 341011 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (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 17665200506569 (F1) Unknown 100 253 109552316050047 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1100505534980	89% Excellent	Read 162 Write 148 Mixed 135 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 347GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 34082080 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3180 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8671151224 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1648 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 471007260 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 261141 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 47244640284 (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 -139418933387114 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31907091896 (F2) Unknown 100 253 359642927807	104% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 178 Mixed 108 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.15 70% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Intenso Basic Line 2GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 0817 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	7.07% Terrible	Read 25.5 Write 7.46 Mixed 11.1 16% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.68 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 0.08 28% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 25.6 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

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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%

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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: $785

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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