MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.8% 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	90.8% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 11:04
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 421 53% 404 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 96.2 58% 77.1 fps	MRender 64.7 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 83.5 58% 69.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 SATA M.2 256GB-$168 143 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18548 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1656 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 353 (AE) Unknown 100 100 262 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 24 326418628637 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 30427592078 (F7) Unknown 100 100 966969646 (F8) Unknown 100 100 596305843	90.8% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 457 Mixed 484 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 21.4 121% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 60 72% 118 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 516GB free Firmware: CV26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64033056 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38600974 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1025 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 64 64 36 (BE) vendor-specific 77 54 454426647 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2068 (C2) HDA temperature 23 46 55834574871 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 167 Mixed 153 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 113%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 64GB-$13 599 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 59GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 75.3 Write 7.93 Mixed 7.82 25% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.24 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.76 77% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 65%

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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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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 $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