MSI Z97 MPOWER MAX AC (MS-7888)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	80.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 01:33
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 730 78% 622 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14548244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 107107894435888 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4673 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 893 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BD) vendor-specific 31 72 90199031839 (C2) HDA temperature 31 72 90199031839 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14548244 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14548244 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14548244 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29257 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26158 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26158 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27335	80.6% Excellent	Read 513 Write 227 Mixed 314 77% 352 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 24.5 126% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 80.9 94% 162 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 549GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4035 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1689 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 879 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3155 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 31 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	100% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 156 Mixed 159 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.99 4K Mixed 0.29 121% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 517GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2470 (03) Spinup time 114 105 7300 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6039 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5262 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1495 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 133552 (C2) HDA temperature 115 90 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.1% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 54.9 Mixed 82.4 50% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1867, 1867, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 26 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 78%

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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	112x
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 $269	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