MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.7% 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	44.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 21:00
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 699 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 92% 111 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 101 Splatting 89 77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 108GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4935 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2640 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 168 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3134148862	105% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 490 Mixed 424 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 39.5 135% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 69.5 111% 212 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Nvme GOODRAM 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 102GB free Firmware: E7FM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,918 Write 1,155 Mixed 1,367 327% 1,480 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 58.3 197% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 586 DQ Write 689 DQ Mixed 183 264% 486 MB/s
Poor: 121% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 237%
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16009 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7606 (B1) Unknown 88 88 409 (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 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2721 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2875 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18446188971	44.7% Average	Read 433 Write 114 Mixed 191 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 12.7 66% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 12.2 DQ Write 24 DQ Mixed 15.5 13% 17.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 63%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 658GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896895156 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1244 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 150324838434 (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 0	89.2% Excellent	Read 174 Write 137 Mixed 22.7 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.17 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 28.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 45.5 88% 45.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 89%

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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 $109Bench 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