MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140918
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 11:57
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 638 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 38.2 37% 42.2 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 34.6 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 54GB 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 5463065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -28192165323313 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1526 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 257 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 59 55838441502 (C2) HDA temperature 30 59 55838441502 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5463065 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5463065 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5463065 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2731 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3688 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3688 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3505	39.9% Below average	Read 153 Write 88.3 Mixed 109 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 8.83 91% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 95.3 DQ Mixed 30.2 32% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4336299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 25125558689249 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1699 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 615 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 45 60132491296 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 60132491296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4336299 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4336299 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4336299 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 51539607553 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14892 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8083 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8083 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11357 (F4) Unknown 98 98 7143490	69.3% Good	Read 499 Write 187 Mixed 269 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 13.4 106% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 47.7 70% 130 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11538473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 32684701131551 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1315 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 189 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 45 60132491296 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 60132491296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11538473 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11538473 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11538473 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11016 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10236 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10236 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9866	41% Average	Read 161 Write 88.5 Mixed 91.9 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 12 93% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 86.4 DQ Mixed 26.9 28% 44.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 73%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 22 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7708 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2122 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1264 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 307 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1814 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 35 (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 11 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 9	84.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 140 Mixed 122 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.51 155% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 902GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15 (03) Spinup time 171 167 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1040 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 90999 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 32 (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 200 200 140	40.1% Average	Read 68.7 Write 71.1 Mixed 73 54% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.24 4K Mixed 0.21 46% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57% 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	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 $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