MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '17 at 21:51
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 331 48% 354 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 117 Parallax 104 97% 113 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20072733 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -50689204017121 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 37 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 47 1005025427486 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 1005025427486 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20072733 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20072733 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20072733 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22510 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7562 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7562 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5233	67.1% Good	Read 438 Write 121 Mixed 212 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 20 119% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 60.7 76% 133 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 87%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 44GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 521863199 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1282 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43104 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54.3% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 89.8 Mixed 6.6 47% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 65%
LaCie P9220 2TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 265GB free, PID 106d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 66.7 Write 78.2 Mixed 4.16 59% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 6.17 4K Mixed 0.3 222% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) - $667

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	190x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	138x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	19x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	17x

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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