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MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.5% 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 Drive179% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7888
MotherboardMSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 12 '22 at 19:29
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$54
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 91.8
1-Core 114
2-Core 194
78% 133 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 464
62% 461 Pts
64-Core 456
28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94
Performing below potential (77th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.5% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 119
Parallax 105
84% 109 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 101
Splatting 94.3
80% 98.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 512GB
433GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 631 651 634 600 603 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
179% Outstanding
Read 734
Write 651
Mixed 654
SusWrite 581
147% 655 MB/s
4K Read 63
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 77.6
262% 89.4 MB/s
DQ Read 782
DQ Write 682
DQ Mixed 1,086
717% 850 MB/s
Poor: 123%
This bench: 179%
Great: 295%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$22
465GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 132 132 133 133 133 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
73.9% Very good
Read 127
Write 126
Mixed 79.6
SusWrite 131
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 69%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50
466GB free
Firmware: 1AJ100E5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 140 141 140 141 140 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
76.6% Very good
Read 129
Write 50.6
Mixed 72.9
SusWrite 137
72% 97.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1
200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 77%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
63.7% Good
MC Read 22.3
MC Write 23.4
MC Mixed 20.2
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 19.9
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 64.4
62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 63.7%
Great: 64%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) Builds (Compare 188 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888) - $257

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $869
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