MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 02:45
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 623 61% 502 Pts	64-Core 623 38% 623 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 119F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 67 63% 73.7 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 69.2 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 85.6 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 7.67 4K Mixed 0.48 233% 3.02 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23856816 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 645 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 195120891 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 458762 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 892 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 68719476769 (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 88472031335324 (F1) Unknown 100 253 108065211482 (F2) Unknown 100 253 621476713165	104% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 162 Mixed 154 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.26 4K Mixed 0.2 130% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205534632 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4780 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 32 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4354982 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7645 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1117 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 13 13 87 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 589299747 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18498 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 60129542179 (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 -31761283152591 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7515182443 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33523772985	100% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 157 Mixed 149 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 64%

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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	829x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $179	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16