MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% 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	209% 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.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '16 at 05:31
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 99 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 748 79% 634 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 116 92% 115 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 95.5 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2033 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 482 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 28 (AE) Unknown 99 99 48 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 882 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 48 41 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 7296 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2835 (F2) Unknown 99 99 5322	209% Outstanding	Read 2,005 Write 1,086 Mixed 1,294 322% 1,462 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 31.3 190% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 47.3 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 201 140% 167 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 220%
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 103GB free Firmware: 503ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5295159 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -16080357543359 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3045 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1991 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 47247261720 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5295159 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5295159 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5295159 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7192 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8263 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8263 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11460	83.6% Excellent	Read 500 Write 240 Mixed 340 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 13.3 132% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 55.2 99% 196 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C9-4GTXD 0215 CMD16GX3M4A2400C9 0420 F3-2400C9-4GTXD 0215 CMD16GX3M4A2400C9 16GB 2400, 1600, 2400, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 32 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 41.3 97% 41.3 ns

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Gaming 82%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $40	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