MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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.
Boot Drive	90% 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	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-7914
Motherboard	MSI Z97 XPOWER AC (MS-7914) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140505
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 04:14
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (45^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)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 661 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 186 Parallax 175 138% 177 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 176 Splatting 119 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB-$192 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11870 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1597 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 190 (A9) Unknown 100 100 607 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 56 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 49 210454315039 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 342 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 29004 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13283 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11117 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	90% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 419 Mixed 422 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 18.9 134% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 17.9 56% 113 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 110%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 880GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 196 2941 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2989 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1543 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1695 (C2) HDA temperature 122 103 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 144 Write 150 Mixed 149 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.91 4K Mixed 0.37 184% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 117%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 914GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 40.3 Mixed 33.2 48% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 65%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,268 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 403GB free, PID b206 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 80.6 Write 69.7 Mixed 77.7 97% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 71%

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Gaming 72%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

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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 $113Bench 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: $786

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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