MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.8% 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	91.7% 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 09:23
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 255 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 641 71% 558 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 84 57% 70.9 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 58.3 Splatting 76.1 54% 64.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8403 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1714 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (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 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21012923823	91.7% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 407 Mixed 395 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 23.9 138% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 22.8 54% 105 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 88 154092568 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3460 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 68779554350 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2296 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 96 96 4 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1187 (BC) Unknown 100 99 327685 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 129303052315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 105408 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 -140737488355301 (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 1194000914911 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20968178607 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32620612176	112% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 199 Mixed 174 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 105GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31666233 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 9340768705 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 35031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2474 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 655370 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 487784477 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 14 31666233 (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 -42150809001799 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4003648059 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4079941095	44% Average	Read 94 Write 59.3 Mixed 70.4 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.35 72% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 63%

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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 $300	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16