MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 36.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	39.8% 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	53.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 18:19
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	36.9% Below average	Memory 60.4 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 45.4 31% 43.1 Pts	4-Core 76.4 8-Core 103 11% 89.8 Pts	64-Core 112 7% 112 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.8% Below average	Lighting 41.2 Reflection 49.9 Parallax 67.4 34% 52.8 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 57 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 476GB free Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^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 4682 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 733 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23749 (A5) Unknown 100 100 75 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 101366 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 235227 (F2) Unknown 100 100 313024 (F5) Unknown 100 100 379984	67.7% Good	Read 488 Write 415 Mixed 455 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 19.2 61% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 93.5 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 36.5 39% 65.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 111%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4660 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 392 (B1) Unknown 97 97 11 (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 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9065152819	53.3% Above average	Read 468 Write 255 Mixed 271 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 12.9 54% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 89 DQ Write 36.1 DQ Mixed 21.6 27% 48.9 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 123%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 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 114 99 81998224 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2449404 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 555 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 61 639565862 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19421 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 73014444070 (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 -57732950392226 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8242682553 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1685847062	94% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 144 Mixed 141 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 16.4 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 6.8 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 86%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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