MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.8% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7888
Motherboard	MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	14.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '19 at 03:31
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 440 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.4% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 74.4 65% 81.7 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 79.4 Splatting 101 76% 91.5 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 96 90 86 88 MB/s Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.8% Good	Read 253 Write 119 Mixed 167 SusWrite 88.5 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 34.5 141% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 80.2 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 92.2 72% 96.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 75%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 273GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 457 472 480 475 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 464 Mixed 385 SusWrite 473 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.9 218% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 314GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 125 126 131 130 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 129 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 61%

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Gaming 82%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 69%

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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 $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