MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '19 at 01:49
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th 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 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 270 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 729 78% 620 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Gigabyte(1458 230C) CLim: 1647 MHz, MLim: 940 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 91.1 Parallax 157 97% 122 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 112 Splatting 129 92% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HP M700 240GB 1,407 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1117B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 65 76 75 77 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 460 Write 388 Mixed 150 SusWrite 117 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 21.9 75% 19.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 394GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 82 84 84 83 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 76.1 Write 14.3 Mixed 52 SusWrite 82.7 42% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 897GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 96 98 105 103 104 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 85.9 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 101 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.9% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 10.4 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 85%

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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 $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