MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	150% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7914
Motherboard	MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150819
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 11:47
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 242 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 666 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.5% Below average	Lighting 41.1 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 44.1 34% 42.5 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 46.8 Splatting 61.5 48% 58.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 734 Write 614 Mixed 737 155% 695 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 57.2 200% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 567 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 219 234% 393 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174761672 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1688 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 73047156332 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1249 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 521273375 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 287 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14511 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 30064771103 (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 -76257144337146 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16641047639 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44724104299	100% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 178 Mixed 173 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 240GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35635576 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 602 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 66755178 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 562 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 538050592 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7458 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 38654705696 (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 -31482110276157 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18740035137 (F2) Unknown 100 253 256127564649	87.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 155 Mixed 119 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.15 57% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 24GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 134 Write 54.7 Mixed 62.5 92% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.42 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.96 120% 3.08 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 38%

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 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 72%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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 $114Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $786

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