MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	229% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 23:23
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 110 2-Core 201 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 518 54% 432 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.7% Below average	Lighting 49.2 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 30.1 40% 37.7 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 49.8 39% 47.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 446GB free Firmware: X21200RL 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 253 100 5395 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1442 (A6) Unknown 100 100 28 (A7) Unknown 100 100 76 (A8) Unknown 100 100 319 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1209 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 103 (AE) Unknown 100 100 110 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 61 48 206159872039 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 811 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 53921 (F1) Unknown 253 253 32559 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16727 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	96.8% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 493 Mixed 485 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 27.6 134% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 18.5 54% 108 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 114%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,404 Write 1,164 Mixed 1,343 360% 1,637 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 24.7 174% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 91.6 118% 210 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 236%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 163 6825 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 730 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8518 (C2) HDA temperature 118 112 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 140 Mixed 142 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.2 110% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 436GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 2441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2380 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1444 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 58 622133285 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2208 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.6% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 159 Mixed 146 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.28 108% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 109GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 165 6591 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1442 (10) Unknown 5 195 92722567778 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2257 (C2) HDA temperature 110 107 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.2% Very good	Read 117 Write 128 Mixed 125 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 15.5 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 109%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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 $184	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) $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