MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	241% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

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System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '16 at 12:18
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 510 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.4% Average	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 167 Parallax 143 18% 111 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 153 Splatting 116 106% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,946 Write 1,094 Mixed 1,309 320% 1,449 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 61.4 246% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 602 DQ Write 367 DQ Mixed 272 260% 413 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 78GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q 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 2292 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1245 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 325 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9367161737	95.1% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 334 Mixed 344 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 25 142% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 67.5 112% 220 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 617GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17941080 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1437 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13528294 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1217 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 488046621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32417 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 60129542173 (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 126413772424302 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12221264813 (F2) Unknown 100 253 598831719810	98.7% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 179 Mixed 160 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.24 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 86%

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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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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $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