MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	117% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7914
Motherboard	MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 08:38
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 209 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 406 56% 412 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 147 Parallax 129 144% 151 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 138 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0629A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 151 165 275 310 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 229 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 195 65% 301 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 44.4 161% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 747 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 29.7 183% 426 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 228%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 10GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 362 Write 340 Mixed 281 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 38.8 135% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 126 120% 189 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 149GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 194 80 81 80 80 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 62%

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

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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%

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 $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 $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