MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 10:01
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 662 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 67.9 63% 74.7 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 72.4 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 681GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 86 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 66 146029543448 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9230 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 724929173 (F7) Unknown 100 100 22666034 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1613842 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4384 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	77% Very good	Read 456 Write 327 Mixed 333 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 25.9 87% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 53.1 96% 192 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 962 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1557 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 177 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 59 176094314521 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16354881862 (F7) Unknown 100 100 512325638 (F8) Unknown 100 100 125848000 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1923 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 477 Write 319 Mixed 338 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 24.2 105% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 10.3 74% 176 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 99%
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 416GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2411 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4526 (E8) Unknown 100 100 15367503561 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	98.7% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 463 Mixed 442 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 38.6 124% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 123 140% 239 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 108%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$95 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 162 162 30084104555 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 40 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 15 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 150324707359 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 201	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 178 Mixed 164 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 3.81 4K Mixed 0.6 179% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111497976 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5093 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4314117368 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3989 (B7) Unknown 91 91 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 12885098545 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 487522333 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 910 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35084 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 38654705693 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 39507 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 74792560494325 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14178539643 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52710307913	90.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 151 Mixed 134 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.28 90% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 154 Mixed 122 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.3 73% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 104%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 970GB free Firmware: SC42 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211457912 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6496109 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2004 (B8) Unknown 92 92 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 86 86 8590065692 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 623 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 437190681 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2206 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 38654705689 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 134 6493	68.9% Good	Read 138 Write 103 Mixed 120 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 100%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 141 Write 85.4 Mixed 15.8 85% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 6% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 87%

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

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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 $400Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,048

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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