MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.1% 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	93.2% 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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140918
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 20:08
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 513 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 60.7 53% 64.6 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 55.1 51% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14468 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 560 (B1) Unknown 94 94 318 (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 59 51 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 63635521544	93.2% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 144 Mixed 257 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 41.4 169% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 76.2 109% 207 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 169 6066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1034 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1030 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 71847 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	52.9% Above average	Read 95 Write 89.4 Mixed 68.1 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 862GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31068200 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5840 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25414798 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 462 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 113958 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 47244640289 (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 -80728205290589 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16234222568 (F2) Unknown 100 253 177322369341	87.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 147 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 2x8GB 1,803 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.3% 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	829x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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