MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '16 at 18:51
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 542 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 363C) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.3% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 11.9 9% 10.8 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 9.87 Splatting 13.7 10% 12.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 322 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3014736 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1349 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 986 (F2) Unknown 100 100 433 (F4) Unknown 100 100 46 (F5) Unknown 100 100 80 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1656148 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7074	78.1% Very good	Read 486 Write 312 Mixed 199 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 9.53 110% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 23.1 66% 140 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 393GB free Firmware: MS1O Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 160 Mixed 152 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Performance DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	829x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x
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 $273	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 $178	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