MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.2% 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	57.7% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7930
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 03:31
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 216 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 456 48% 383 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2676 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 105 Reflection 141 Parallax 136 86% 127 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 109 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 99 97 97 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 430 Write 181 Mixed 201 SusWrite 100 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 27.1 87% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 140 109% 150 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 89%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 192GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 294 291 313 317 308 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 341 Write 322 Mixed 315 SusWrite 303 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 31.9 106% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 98.2 95% 150 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 87GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 142 134 142 141 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 148 Mixed 94 SusWrite 143 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 194GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 148 146 145 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 117 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 144 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) - $154

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	37x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	30x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	7x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	5x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	5x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $811

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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