MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	44.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '17 at 07:49
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^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, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Memory 63.4 1-Core 23.9 2-Core 46.5 32% 44.6 Pts	4-Core 81.2 8-Core 79.3 11% 80.2 Pts	64-Core 82.1 5% 82.1 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.3% Average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 59.4 Parallax 75.4 37% 60 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 65.5 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV400S 240GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4182 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 864 (64) Unknown 100 100 6258880 (65) Unknown 100 100 730528 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 246 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 1862 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1307 (B7) Unknown 99 99 17 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 167504707613 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 23 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 23 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11373 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4016 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8264 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7860 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 23	38.7% Below average	Read 348 Write 142 Mixed 198 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 6.39 46% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 92.9 DQ Write 45.6 DQ Mixed 4.86 21% 47.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 327GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18296744 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26000968 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2048 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51700 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 12884901918 (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 -6528350286935 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9400745699 (F2) Unknown 100 253 86296997990	86.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 156 Mixed 174 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.16 71% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BA1339.C16F 2x4GB 597 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	40.2% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.7 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 54%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16