MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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.
Boot Drive	85.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '16 at 23:10
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 700 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 156 Parallax 138 123% 148 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 148 Splatting 114 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 65 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 228216196	85.8% Excellent	Read 381 Write 374 Mixed 376 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 28 132% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 87.4 92% 152 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 124%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 139GB free Firmware: 0135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,102 Write 1,026 Mixed 1,359 330% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 288 4K Mixed 46.6 280% 126 MB/s	DQ Read 856 DQ Write 533 DQ Mixed 267 314% 552 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 230%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 60GB free Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7927 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1615 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 0 60132818977 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 5 (EA) Unknown 100 100 65233 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11441 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10301 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 26747	94.2% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 340 Mixed 463 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 30.3 139% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 79.3 106% 197 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 4x8GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.5 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	828x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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