MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.6% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '17 at 13:55
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

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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 i7-4790-$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 (99^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 586 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 101 91% 110 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 100 Splatting 105 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6840 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2828 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 182 (A9) Unknown 100 100 616 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 77 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1624 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 68 48 206159740960 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 568 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20197 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10876 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10352 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 505 Write 453 Mixed 476 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 19.4 117% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 62 47% 60 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196875864 (03) Spinup time 92 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8621621966 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2622 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4296474652 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 588840994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20412 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 85899345954 (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 -115208202742686 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18311921543 (F2) Unknown 100 253 414935786407	79.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 141 Mixed 109 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.79 217% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 94%
Wilk GOODRAM 16GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 14GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	4.91% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 4.99 Mixed 4.67 9% 9.36 MB/s	4K Read 4.82 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 18% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.91% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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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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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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