MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.6% 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	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 12:22
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 203 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 529 53% 434 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.3% 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 370E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 136 Parallax 124 91% 124 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 137 Splatting 115 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 95 91 93 90 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 436 Write 388 Mixed 323 SusWrite 122 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 38.8 125% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 234 208% 312 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 94GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 277 275 275 277 276 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 418 Write 393 Mixed 338 SusWrite 283 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 37.8 129% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 222 203% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 182 185 186 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 161 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 185 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
SAMSUNG HM160JC 160GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 126GB free, PID 6830 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 32 32 32 31 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 37 Write 30.8 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 31.7 41% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.3 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $158Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16