MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.2% 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	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 04:25
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 208 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 551 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.2% Poor	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 92.3 0% 51.9 fps	MRender 64.1 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 82.1 59% 71 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 596GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 296 294 285 306 308 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 489 Write 312 Mixed 316 SusWrite 299 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 23.6 107% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 88.4 72% 104 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 62GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 156 155 153 155 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 90 Write 99.8 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 154 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 714GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 179 179 177 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 124 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 177 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.2% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 10.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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%

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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	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 $100Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16