MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '16 at 22:36
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 235 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 442 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 84.2 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 73.8 69% 80.1 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 65.7 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 96GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6336 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1200 (B1) Unknown 96 96 45 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8156365888	96.1% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 346 Mixed 339 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 24.8 145% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 67.7 112% 219 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3899 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 568 (B1) Unknown 97 97 57 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30582729025	79% Very good	Read 380 Write 307 Mixed 313 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 22.5 122% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 22.3 66% 145 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 74 27068630 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 34359738782 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 171800264736 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 21 (C5) Current pending sector count 89 89 368 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.6% Good	Read 106 Write 116 Mixed 102 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.07 33% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 108%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 119GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 110 Write 99 Mixed 94 128% 101 MB/s	4K Read 4.24 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.67 67% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 37%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $185	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