MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	234% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 12:25
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 665 72% 572 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 194 Parallax 194 148% 190 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 180 Splatting 122 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,309 Write 1,210 Mixed 1,396 361% 1,638 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 23.6 181% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 425 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 174 180% 297 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3481511 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 -112777251237216 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 206 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 64 55838769176 (C2) HDA temperature 24 64 55838769176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3481511 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3481511 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3481511 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 88 88 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38517 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34636 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34636 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28003	58.7% Above average	Read 496 Write 152 Mixed 184 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 10.5 94% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 7.68 22% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 307GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103789992 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 59 13009612591 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3071 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 44 167907688472 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 114736 (C2) HDA temperature 24 56 -140737488355304 (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 126516851648110 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46582175197 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56214448102	106% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 166 Mixed 160 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.33 106% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 76%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	836x
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	191x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16