MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 21:21
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$102 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 205 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 554 60% 477 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 39.6 38% 43.1 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 35.7 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D256-11 SATA 256GB 1,973 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 48GB free Firmware: T88110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 86 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1248 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 65 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3692265258 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1801692865	80.5% Excellent	Read 501 Write 184 Mixed 298 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 18.5 120% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 99.5 138% 254 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 97%
SK hynix SC210 2.5 7MM 256GB 806 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20001L00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2897 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1219 (64) Unknown 100 100 2860722 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 39 (B2) Unknown 100 100 50 (B3) Unknown 100 100 104 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4248 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 90197000224 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10196 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6684 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10443 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	58.2% Above average	Read 468 Write 78.8 Mixed 153 50% 233 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 9.73 79% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 59.6 101% 200 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 84%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 140 8133 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13821 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2298 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14570 (C2) HDA temperature 118 87 34 (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 1 291149 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	35% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 51.1 Mixed 47.7 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.13 55% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 72%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 211GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 6116 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11518 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2170 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 112 112 264195 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 32 (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 200 200 159 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.1% Below average	Read 82.6 Write 29.2 Mixed 38 37% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.25 64% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 72%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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