MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.6% 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	231% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7914
Motherboard	MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '21 at 12:47
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 255 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 734 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% 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: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 124 Parallax 111 94% 117 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 110 Splatting 96.7 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000L7 256GB 10,890 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0L2QEXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 597 336 339 337 339 335 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,066 Write 1,615 Mixed 1,298 SusWrite 381 298% 1,340 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 81.9 273% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 1,022 733% 943 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 247%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 838GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 473 472 478 484 461 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 479 Mixed 442 SusWrite 471 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.5 199% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 197GB free Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 328 329 329 329 329 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 664 Write 581 Mixed 553 SusWrite 347 120% 536 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 73.1 248% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 645 DQ Mixed 929 637% 786 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 236%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 125 126 126 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 114 Write 38.6 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 121 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 72%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 27.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	26	4	1	60	23.5"	1920 1080	SAM0D2C C24F390

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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