MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 17:01
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 690 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6693) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 210 Parallax 211 160% 206 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 192 Splatting 130 123% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 480GB-$244 390 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 410GB free Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4979 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2278 (AB) Unknown 80 80 162449744 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 113 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10367 (F2) Unknown 100 100 31978 (F9) Unknown 100 100 403342513	105% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 504 Mixed 493 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 34.2 154% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 77 94% 153 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 386 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 162 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 58 51 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3121443088	117% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 402 Mixed 410 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 47.8 190% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 118 140% 244 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
BUFFALO External HDD 2TB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 430GB free, PID 0257 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 45.5 Write 45 Mixed 38.8 55% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.35 67% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.6 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 86%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $15	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