MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7930
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140428
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 21:27
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 109 2-Core 199 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 395 46% 358 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 33.1 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 37.2 27% 33.4 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 33.3 30% 37.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 865 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38406 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 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	70.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 104 Mixed 121 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 4808 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3707 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 20 20 58734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3647 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1565 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3707 (C2) HDA temperature 101 94 46 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 25 25 54750 (F1) Unknown 200 200 134838731119 (F2) Unknown 200 200 97605412472	48.4% Average	Read 87.9 Write 81.2 Mixed 66.3 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.03 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.04 20% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 69%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 2TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 390GB free, PID 01de Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 32 Write 31.6 Mixed 36.7 44% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.14 57% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 42%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 216GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 39.9 Mixed 35.5 49% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 12GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 10.2 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 51%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) - $154

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	37x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	30x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	7x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	5x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	5x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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