MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7914
Motherboard	MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '20 at 08:43
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 235 90% 156 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 579 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC2) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 98% 115 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 102 Splatting 86.6 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 309 314 313 314 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 494 Mixed 405 SusWrite 326 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.4 216% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 362 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 53GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 82 76 93 72 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 511 Write 449 Mixed 438 SusWrite 129 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 15.7 56% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 1.3 80% 190 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 606GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 133 133 133 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 161 Write 112 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 133 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 420GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 168 170 170 170 170 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 116 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 168 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 7GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 4.4 6.7 8.6 8.7 6.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 6 Mixed 6.3 SusWrite 6.3 11% 9.97 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 58% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.1 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 23.5 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 76%

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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 $107Bench 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: $779

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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