MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	144% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 16:06
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 715 77% 615 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 72.1 65% 77.5 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 64 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 771 Write 726 Mixed 752 168% 750 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 62.7 208% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 32.7 41% 69.8 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 516GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232787714 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11260 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4431355741 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3617 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 42 42 58 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131076 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 50 739704872 (C2) HDA temperature 40 50 47244640296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 19 232787714 (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 -131284265302803 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1831079104 (F2) Unknown 100 253 737663986	33.4% Below average	Read 65 Write 51.5 Mixed 65.2 46% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.24 55% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 68%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 220GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 37 (03) Spinup time 160 154 4991 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4724 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 103 103 291857 (C2) HDA temperature 106 91 41 (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	26.4% Poor	Read 45.3 Write 46.4 Mixed 48.8 35% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1917 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.3% Average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 14 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 71%

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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	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 $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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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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