MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 18:51
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 498 67% 498 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 65 Parallax 97.8 61% 79.3 fps	MRender 64.6 Gravity 62 Splatting 83.6 59% 70.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3723 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 51 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 42 33 58 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5441011790	79.5% Very good	Read 431 Write 359 Mixed 357 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 23.1 126% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 22.3 31% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 122%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3661194 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -135549167848949 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1240 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 375 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 51 60132884517 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 60132884517 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3661194 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3661194 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3661194 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12032 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6173 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6173 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5365	61.6% Good	Read 368 Write 182 Mixed 193 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 17.4 112% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 17.6 30% 55.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232397336 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1268 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52693231 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1236 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 52 43 1297989042224 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 16 16 169383 (C2) HDA temperature 48 57 51539607600 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 69 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 50075023711198 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24158912230 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24861281584	84.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 148 Mixed 78.2 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 23.5 Write 11.3 Mixed 14.8 19% 16.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.21 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 1.49 104% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1867, 1867, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 15.7 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 55%

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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 $109Bench 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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,324

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 $15	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