MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	110% 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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 00:34
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 760 82% 651 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3661) ≥ 4GB; MSI Geforce GTX 1080Ti Lightning X CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2780 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 191 Parallax 179 150% 185 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 180 Splatting 118 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 171 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 151 (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 67 62 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 206 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2373127569	110% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 400 Mixed 413 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 43 170% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 122 144% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 320GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 173 (03) Spinup time 137 134 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1183 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1026 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1098 (C2) HDA temperature 109 93 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.9% Very good	Read 132 Write 122 Mixed 119 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.43 128% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 76%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 53GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 18 (03) Spinup time 198 197 3083 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1961 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20394 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1899 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3577 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5881 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.2% Good	Read 101 Write 108 Mixed 79.7 72% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.67 157% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 24.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 85%

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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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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