MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 15:05
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 698 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% 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 (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 77 Parallax 65.9 63% 73.4 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 70.6 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 238GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1098 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 389 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 115 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9542879839	114% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 411 Mixed 422 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 49.1 177% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 25.9 100% 224 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 648 Write 534 Mixed 611 133% 598 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 38.6 146% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 97.3 66% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 157%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 33GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23569 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7699 (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 75 54 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 67488699837	58.7% Above average	Read 498 Write 252 Mixed 344 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 11.4 74% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 54.4 DQ Mixed 11.4 16% 29.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 355GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 181 173 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6242 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5932 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1316 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4928 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 32 (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	62.1% Good	Read 118 Write 98.5 Mixed 107 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.35 118% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.1% 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 (96^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.1% 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	828x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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