MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


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 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.9% 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	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '17 at 22:17
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 519 70% 522 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) CLim: 977 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 57.9 Parallax 74.2 52% 65.4 fps	MRender 57.5 Gravity 51.7 Splatting 73 51% 60.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5697 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1844 (B1) Unknown 97 97 85 (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 73 64 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 174 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20054059528	67.6% Good	Read 485 Write 330 Mixed 332 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 15.8 67% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 54 71% 134 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 183GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9149 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4644 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6131 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2749 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 176094576668 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4777	70.9% Very good	Read 104 Write 143 Mixed 120 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 112GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 90 126910288 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 48 (07) Seek error rate 44 44 1421643609675 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1585 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 993 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 470941724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 560 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22841 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 68719476764 (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 -103104984905463 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36152766459 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32355895634	89.8% Excellent	Read 191 Write 123 Mixed 142 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 113%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100 8,795 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 9GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 89 3250 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2995 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4304 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1990 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 41 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 146029871128 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 12 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 207495	22.8% Poor	Read 39 Write 40 Mixed 39.8 30% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.36 81% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-151.A00LF 4x2GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 64%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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