MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60% 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	85.1% 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	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

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 11:44
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 698 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Above average	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 64.9 62% 72.2 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 68.5 56% 68.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 235GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 586 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 194 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5521904923	84.5% Excellent	Read 508 Write 409 Mixed 422 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 19 88% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 18.6 90% 203 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 134%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 640 Write 562 Mixed 607 135% 603 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 18 77% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 16.7 20% 33.9 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 157%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 59GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23059 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7507 (B1) Unknown 88 88 406 (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 72 54 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2061 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66426503670	58% Above average	Read 502 Write 266 Mixed 366 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 16.7 66% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 46.5 DQ Mixed 11.1 15% 25.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 388GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 179 173 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6051 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5744 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4805 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	59% Above average	Read 114 Write 91.8 Mixed 101 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.44 119% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 25.9 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84.7% 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 $179	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