MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7916
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 18 '18 at 14:12
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 94.1
1-Core 119
2-Core 241
86% 151 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 642
70% 552 Pts
64-Core 645
40% 645 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 150
Parallax 128
115% 140 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 134
Splatting 110
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,067
Write 924
Mixed 432
178% 807 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 96.7
4K Mixed 54.1
190% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 404
DQ Write 591
DQ Mixed 304
284% 433 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 185 186 185 186 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 195
Write 161
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 185
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 109%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
60.3% Good
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 21.7
MC Mixed 18.3
58% 20.4 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 21.9
SC Mixed 19.9
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 59.5
67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,340 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $851
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