MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Sail boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '16 at 13:51
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Memory 63.8 1-Core 23.8 2-Core 45.6 32% 44.4 Pts	4-Core 75.7 8-Core 83.2 10% 79.4 Pts	64-Core 79.9 5% 79.9 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 21EC) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	3.69% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 6.04 Parallax 3.56 4% 4.7 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 2.93 Splatting 5.26 4% 4.49 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi TOURO S 1TB 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 931GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 140 Mixed 119 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3300831AS 300GB 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 271GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 60 53 141547717 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3982 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 850005443 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3015 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 52 141547717 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.2% Below average	Read 63.6 Write 62.4 Mixed 62.1 47% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 37%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 83 18783729 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 683430618 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2277 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 538312736 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 52 73682548 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35.7% Below average	Read 66 Write 57.9 Mixed 56.7 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 2x8GB 1,313 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 7.5 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 63%

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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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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