MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.6% 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	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 14:45
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 644 62% 512 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 62.7 56% 67.2 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 64 Splatting 56.1 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 256GB-$109 1,725 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1861 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 188 188 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 320 (C2) HDA temperature 70 61 167504838686 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62.6% Good	Read 478 Write 155 Mixed 292 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 20.3 103% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.3 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 171 103% 106 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30135248 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 111740452646 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2028 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 232466481184 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 42 42 116127 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 -140737488355296 (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 10063108381123 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13375244143 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30231180211	107% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 173 Mixed 168 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.24 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 439GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217182047 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39858236 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1554 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 454426651 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 18 217182047 (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 76635101472221 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2306503877 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1442160415	70% Very good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 105 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.62 133% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 62%

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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	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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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