MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 22:09
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 602 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 38.7 Parallax 35.1 22% 33.8 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 43.3 36% 43.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 77GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16823 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2194 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 59 47 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 484 (EB) Unknown 99 99 128 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5975551685	89.1% Excellent	Read 517 Write 441 Mixed 499 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 24.6 110% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 60.5 82% 150 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198137480 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4461 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 134004701 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1667 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 58 47 39411056682 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 25 25 151585 (C2) HDA temperature 42 53 -140737488355286 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 35061 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49198850385516 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53283846073 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72268434386	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 176 Mixed 173 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate STM31000528AS 1TB 1,142 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70492768 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 22205268798 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39058 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3281 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131333 (BD) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BE) vendor-specific 59 45 706019369 (C2) HDA temperature 41 55 73014444073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 18 70492768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -44242458068833 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3268134433 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2061106208	57.3% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 100 Mixed 96.3 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 68%
Maxtor STM3500320AS 500GB 5,105 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 22GB free Firmware: MX15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23961772 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3468 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 12935584570 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 16 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1629 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032870 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 49 756351020 (C2) HDA temperature 44 51 47244640300 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 25 23961772 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	31.9% Below average	Read 56.3 Write 54.3 Mixed 52.5 41% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 23.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	828x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	46x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	38x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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 $184	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