MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 20:07
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 634 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 105 Parallax 96.2 88% 103 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 85 73% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 223GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 442 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 27 313533923371 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3922260452 (F7) Unknown 100 100 122964904 (F8) Unknown 100 100 29356902 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1246 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.3% Excellent	Read 478 Write 334 Mixed 340 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 23.2 103% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 38.3 80% 161 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 95%
Hgst HTS721010A9E630 250GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1099 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 250 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2320566643	118% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 493 Mixed 502 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.6 176% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 114 143% 253 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 106GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 0 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2949 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3463 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 29 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2875 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 64 43 244813594660 (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 100 100 94114 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14367562097 (F7) Unknown 100 100 449384169 (F8) Unknown 100 100 187122983 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1925 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.2% Very good	Read 465 Write 337 Mixed 339 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 24.8 105% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 40.1 54% 92.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 91%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) - $667

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	190x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	138x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	19x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	17x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,309

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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