MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	90.4% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7930
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '20 at 04:13
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$51 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 415 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 144 Parallax 120 108% 132 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 125 Splatting 109 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 166 175 149 146 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 213 Mixed 237 SusWrite 166 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 37.5 156% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 251 202% 288 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 162 162 163 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 142 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 161 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1600 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) Builds (Compare 114 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) - $154

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	37x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	30x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	7x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	5x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	5x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16