MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.2% 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	82.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 16:08
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 508 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 69 58% 70.4 fps	MRender 74.5 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 55.5 52% 65 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 447GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 67 141735100444 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 303514130 (F7) Unknown 100 100 9519042 (F8) Unknown 100 100 898523 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1926 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 465 Write 332 Mixed 337 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 26 104% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 39.9 90% 188 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 124GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 97 68720952 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 909 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 246734094 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 788 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1526 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1166 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 47244640282 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 61654255539844 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44096221963 (F2) Unknown 100 253 746552590504	71.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 119 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 112%
SEMC SD CCR-80 16GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 14GB free, PID e134 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	8.71% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 6.74 Mixed 7.41 12% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.17 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.98 88% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.71% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 67%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

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 $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