MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	199% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 17:12
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 700 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 364GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15555 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1174 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 70 20 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1071 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9059449539	113% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 406 Mixed 419 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 47.8 178% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 125 142% 244 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 128%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,855 Write 836 Mixed 972 268% 1,221 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 45.6 191% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 430 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 19.4 106% 246 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 243%
IBM ServeRAID M5016 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 99GB free Firmware: 3.46 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	226% Outstanding	Read 1,366 Write 1,417 Mixed 1,515 321% 1,433 MB/s	4K Read 96.9 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 47.1 257% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 90.6 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 41.3 82% 157 MB/s
Poor: 221% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 226%
IBM ServeRAID M5016 6TB 7GB free Firmware: 3.46 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	261% Outstanding	Read 1,356 Write 1,422 Mixed 1,532 322% 1,437 MB/s	4K Read 116 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 83.5 345% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 150 166% 280 MB/s

WD WD1502FYPS-01U1B1 1.5TB 643 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 9GB free Firmware: 04.05G05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 156 142 9166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1698 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 379298 (C2) HDA temperature 126 96 26 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 44 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.7% Average	Read 75.5 Write 66 Mixed 70.5 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.41 114% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 61%

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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

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Gaming 82%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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