MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1176 x 664 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 04:47
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 224 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 593 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Asmedia AS2115 250GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 232GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 61 59 59 59 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	7.94% Terrible	Read 88.5 Write 86.5 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 60.2 16% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 2% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 7.94% Great: 72%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.AAB SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 47 48 48 42 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 50.3 Write 51 Mixed 34 SusWrite 44.7 33% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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