MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.2% 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.

Run History

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 barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 21:59
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 692 74% 587 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 68.8 66% 76.2 fps	MRender 80.7 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 75 62% 76.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 216GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1434 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 469 (B1) Unknown 98 98 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 62 48 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2376761013	84.7% Excellent	Read 474 Write 265 Mixed 277 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 29.2 128% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 14.9 74% 173 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4957 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 942 (B1) Unknown 95 95 97 (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 62 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23046748048	94.2% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 398 Mixed 412 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 37.5 154% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 103 70% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 115%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 451GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 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 0 (03) Spinup time 143 136 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2804 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11354 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.6% Excellent	Read 182 Write 123 Mixed 136 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%
Samsung Flash Drive DUO 32GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 25GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 147 Write 27.8 Mixed 88.9 95% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.26 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.79 79% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 25.7 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 29.3 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 42.9 93% 42.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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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	836x
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	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16