MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140422
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 17:57
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 246 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 542 62% 483 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 74.6 68% 80.7 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 67 60% 74.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2329 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (64) Unknown 100 100 5170160 (65) Unknown 100 100 723728 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 260 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 3048 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 657 (B7) Unknown 95 95 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 184684773406 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 640 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 640 (E7) Temperature 91 91 9 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9266 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4207 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5589 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4116 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 640	62.5% Good	Read 421 Write 189 Mixed 216 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 12.4 86% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 22.3 67% 149 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 82%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 9.03 Write 46 Mixed 13.9 17% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 6.31 4K Mixed 0.49 196% 2.46 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 65%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 3,626 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1.5TB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 32 Mixed 26.1 40% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.24 57% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 55%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 5GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 38.7 Mixed 37.9 50% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 86%

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Typical Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) Builds (Compare 184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

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	111x
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 $273	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