MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.8% 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	66.6% 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-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '16 at 17:03
Run Duration	426 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 411 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2307) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 19.8 Parallax 21.8 22% 23 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9421357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 69226282901098 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 167 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 38 42952163356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9421357 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9421357 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9421357 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14546 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12444 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12444 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7901	66.6% Good	Read 481 Write 123 Mixed 194 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 14.5 114% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 44.3 66% 123 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 284GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 173 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 404 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 325 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 36 (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	61.5% Good	Read 118 Write 95.8 Mixed 9.69 54% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.43 116% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89373123 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5135 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 192244404 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1013 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 81605623836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 554565656 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 42949672984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 23 89373123 (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 55332063698600 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1695230756 (F2) Unknown 100 253 441307953	44.1% Average	Read 83.3 Write 70.1 Mixed 11.4 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.51 106% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 70%
Rockbox Internal Storage 4GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 74d1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.5% Terrible	Read 5.44 Write 3.32 Mixed 4.19 5% 4.32 MB/s	4K Read 2.61 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 1 92% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.5% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 62%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) - $667

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	190x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	138x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	19x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	17x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,309

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16