MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '21 at 16:22
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 240 91% 158 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 675 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 3152 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 194 Parallax 193 144% 188 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 188 Splatting 128 122% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 491 Write 476 Mixed 405 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 55.2 168% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Adata SX8200PNP 2TB 22,361 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 300GB free Firmware: 42B4S9NA SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 627 630 599 569 568 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 631 Mixed 642 SusWrite 596 145% 644 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 66 180% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 519 422% 604 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 370%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 757GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 100 105 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 84.5 Write 75.8 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 103 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 59%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 916GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 122 123 121 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 167 Write 165 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 121 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 34.4 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 24 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 45.6 88% 45.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 109%

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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 $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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $843

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16