MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Ryan Martin / 10 years ago
CPU Performance
Cinebench
CINEBENCH is a real-world cross platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s CPU performance. Cinebench R15 is a totally free utility and is available for download here.
The CPU performance of the Z97S SLI PLUS fell towards the back of the pack but by a very small margin.
WPrime
wPrime is a leading multithreaded benchmark for x86 processors that tests your processor performance by calculating square roots with a recursive call of Newton’s method for estimating functions. wPrime is a free utility that is available for download here.
WPrime showed a similar picture.
SiSoft Sandra
The SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone and Whetstone benchmarks are widely used measures of compute power and performance for a wide array of real world usage scenarios. You can find out more details on these tests here or download SiSoft Sandra here.
MSI’s Z97S SLI PLUS seemed to like Dhrystone more than Whetstone: we are not quite sure why.
