MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 04:38
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 557 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10928 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3768 (B1) Unknown 93 93 241 (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 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 92 92 7495 (EB) Unknown 99 99 177 (F1) Unknown 99 99 63595006840	107% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 486 Mixed 486 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 26.3 140% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 70 126% 250 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 122GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2632 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 858 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9003884197	114% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 409 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 46.5 178% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 116 143% 254 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1765 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 821 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 296 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16841 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 28 (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 0	57.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 95.2 Mixed 87.7 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 477GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6422 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2199 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6326 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 28 (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 200 180 1540 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 149 Mixed 135 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.29 111% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 112GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4916 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1683 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4810 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 28 (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 200 199 52 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 131 Mixed 130 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3-8500CL7-4GBRL DDR3 4x4GB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	40.1% Average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 13.5 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 47%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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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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