MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.8% 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	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '19 at 22:09
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 683 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 85.3 81% 93.8 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 75 67% 82.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 260 147 165 113 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 353 Write 344 Mixed 295 SusWrite 189 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 23.7 97% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 150 108% 137 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C11D3/8GX 0420 F3-2133C11-4GAO KHX2133C11D3/8GX 0420 F3-2133C11-4GAO 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.6 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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%

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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	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 $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