MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	52.7% 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	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 00:30
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	32.1% Below average	Memory 51.4 1-Core 23.3 2-Core 39.6 27% 38.1 Pts	4-Core 71.6 8-Core 112 11% 91.9 Pts	64-Core 119 7% 119 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.7% Above average	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 132 30% 75.9 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 107 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 999 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1194 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 34 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7032 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 98 (E7) Temperature 100 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3657 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13013	60.3% Good	Read 407 Write 257 Mixed 319 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 22.6 80% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 89 DQ Write 65.8 DQ Mixed 36.8 38% 63.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 87%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 79GB free Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2530 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1339 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 83 (B1) Unknown 0 0 132 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 284 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 105 (E7) Temperature 100 100 31 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1 (EA) Unknown 0 0 56 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8645 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23956	64.9% Good	Read 481 Write 269 Mixed 355 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 22.6 85% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 76.1 DQ Write 69.6 DQ Mixed 35.3 37% 60.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3369264 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2471 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14254805 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1321 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 66 421003289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17960 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 38654705689 (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 134282152510439 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14791620452 (F2) Unknown 100 253 137435797150	111% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 184 Mixed 180 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0815 IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	MC Read 2.3 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 4.6 23% 7.97 GB/s	SC Read 2.1 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5 11% 3.9 GB/s	Latency 156 26% 156 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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