MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	20.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7930
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 14:37
Run Duration	609 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	85%

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 i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 65 1-Core 70.9 2-Core 164 56% 100 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 277 36% 272 Pts	64-Core 258 16% 258 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 24.8 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 30 20% 27.7 fps	MRender 26.3 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 30.8 22% 26.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3561 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8422593661322 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 35 279172874280 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3496109802286 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1664 (EA) Unknown 100 100 22898 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8384 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12464 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.1% Good	Read 502 Write 396 Mixed 225 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 0.04 57% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 3.89 56% 134 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 86%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 66GB free Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 15171 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 391 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 697 (A9) Unknown 100 100 185 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 576 (AE) Unknown 100 100 240 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 47 201864708127 (D4) Unknown 100 100 5 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4884 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 74955 (F1) Unknown 253 253 25160 (F2) Unknown 253 253 43550 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	62.3% Good	Read 380 Write 239 Mixed 287 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 21.1 77% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 46.1 75% 145 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 167317980 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 82172262 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 93540092741861 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (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 69 56 689766431 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16385 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 98784247839 (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 43220255901760 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13282027850 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11300556678	71.1% Very good	Read 121 Write 127 Mixed 117 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 105%
WD WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 123 (03) Spinup time 184 176 7766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 299 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 315529 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 13	60.2% Good	Read 88.9 Write 121 Mixed 147 91% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.31 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 98%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 838GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 167 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 423 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 310318 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 28 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75% Very good	Read 118 Write 143 Mixed 118 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 525GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 5941 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 338 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21833 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	65.9% Good	Read 126 Write 103 Mixed 107 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 325GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 139 Mixed 140 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 302GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238523872 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 55 1241383904555 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 673382437 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44279 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 55834574885 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -26839250617040 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45459505884 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1820413876191	87.3% Excellent	Read 158 Write 147 Mixed 146 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 283GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 31.3 Write 58.9 Mixed 22.2 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.23 89% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 124GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 751 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 405275 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 104777 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.3% Very good	Read 102 Write 164 Mixed 96.8 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 110GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387722666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 369 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 414 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 414 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 197569478691 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1100	63.9% Good	Read 121 Write 102 Mixed 91.8 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.23 93% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 107%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 35GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 15.3 Write 53.7 Mixed 30.1 25% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 14GB free Firmware: 0511 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 130 Write 81.3 Mixed 70.6 70% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 6.27 4K Mixed 0.48 203% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 88%
WDC WD40 PURX-64GVNY0 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 840GB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.5% Below average	Read 84.3 Write 89.3 Mixed 91.5 116% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 44%
Samsung G3 Station 1.5TB 635 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 152GB free, PID 6013 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 39.2 Mixed 37.8 50% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.25 55% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 20%
Samsung G3 Station 1.5TB 635 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 150GB free, PID 6013 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 39.1 Mixed 39.2 50% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 20%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 0GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 64.9 Write 63.4 Mixed 59.2 80% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.22 49% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 8GB 1,528 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 5.9 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 60%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	7x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 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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Total price: $792

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16