MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.2% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 11:37
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 586 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 60 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 51.6 49% 58.3 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 55 Splatting 71.7 56% 68.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 181GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 549 Mixed 566 136% 614 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 36.6 186% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 52.9 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 182 156% 217 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 236%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 44GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 8987 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 505 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 205 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 59 176094707738 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2954694956 (F7) Unknown 100 100 92390778 (F8) Unknown 100 100 26988830	78.3% Very good	Read 376 Write 337 Mixed 352 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 25.3 116% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 17.8 57% 124 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12929 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 915 (B1) Unknown 96 96 188 (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 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 71189643014	81.2% Excellent	Read 526 Write 186 Mixed 319 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 24.9 149% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.5 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 24.7 47% 87.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 258GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98264752 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10421890 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 966 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 65 554958876 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44926 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 51539607580 (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 99218039512947 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7990298580 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45880289721	80.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 131 Mixed 135 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 31GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76732536 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 86453251 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 964 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 521404442 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 23 23 154411 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 51539607578 (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 30648886630824 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36318837047 (F2) Unknown 100 253 426355007887	83.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 145 Mixed 114 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.5% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 10.8 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 79%

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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	834x
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 $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 $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	39x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16