MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 15:56
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (43^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 162 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 452 46% 375 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 55 Parallax 181 142% 137 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 91.7 70% 85.3 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 4.9 47 8.1 59 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 385 Write 282 Mixed 304 SusWrite 85 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 11.2 48% 12.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 55%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 119GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 330 222 211 208 204 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 459 Mixed 340 SusWrite 267 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58.8 202% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$239 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 7.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 229 228 230 229 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 55 SusWrite 224 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 23GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 9.7 13 13 13 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	7.78% Terrible	Read 23 Write 12.5 Mixed 0.2 SusWrite 11.5 14% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1 63% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.78% Great: 9%

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 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 86%

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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	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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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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