MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 13:19
Run Duration	404 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 246 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 692 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% 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 (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 67.9 63% 74.4 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 73 59% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 681GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 100 100 168 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 91 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 66 146029543449 (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 733012738 (F7) Unknown 100 100 22927775 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1634685 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4384 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82% Excellent	Read 462 Write 328 Mixed 336 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 26.5 105% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 51.9 94% 188 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 100 100 965 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1563 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 182 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 59 176094314522 (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 16375342448 (F7) Unknown 100 100 512976797 (F8) Unknown 100 100 125941090 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1923 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	78.4% Very good	Read 462 Write 303 Mixed 337 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 25.2 102% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 47.1 86% 174 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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 (83^rd 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 2413 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4527 (E8) Unknown 100 100 15375746050 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	103% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 462 Mixed 444 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 38.4 143% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 130 146% 246 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$175 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 160 160 21498626352 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (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 26 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 150324707360 (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 180 Write 185 Mixed 187 139% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 3.62 4K Mixed 0.63 182% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 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 115 99 94945208 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4314133119 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3995 (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 70 62 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 915 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35097 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 38654705694 (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 -17931488459016 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14402710147 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52932318621	90.4% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 156 Mixed 153 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 155 Mixed 128 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 104%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 144 Write 78 Mixed 6.76 77% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 5% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.2% 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 @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16