MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.2% 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	42% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '17 at 02:37
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	24%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 684 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 1905 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 99GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1789 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 749 (B1) Unknown 97 97 15 (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 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 119 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3750067686	88.6% Excellent	Read 491 Write 272 Mixed 278 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 30.9 137% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 74.2 103% 194 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 114%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 9611869 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -21354577390460 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1873 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 210 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9611869 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9611869 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9611869 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3713 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4452 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4452 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7641	42% Average	Read 194 Write 68.8 Mixed 103 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 9.81 92% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 31.3 40% 71.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 52%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23891882 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -19756849561455 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 36 64426868762 (C2) HDA temperature 26 36 64426868762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23891882 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23891882 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23891882 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 123 (EA) Unknown 0 0 114 (F1) Unknown 0 0 114 (F2) Unknown 0 0 219 (F4) Unknown 100 100 720898	62.6% Good	Read 377 Write 191 Mixed 232 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 15.7 100% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 11.4 48% 106 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 23.6 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 85%

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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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

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