MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 16:26
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 233 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 653 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 116 Parallax 96.2 83% 105 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 105 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11429 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1117 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (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 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18412898513	111% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 406 Mixed 422 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 46.2 178% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 22.7 84% 185 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 31653 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2406 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (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 73 59 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 202 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29527239530	94.4% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 341 Mixed 356 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 27.4 138% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 22.4 88% 199 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 126%
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 714 Write 363 Mixed 249 97% 442 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 43.5 153% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 426 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 57.8 117% 243 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 244%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 6416 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2378 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1721 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 208779 (C2) HDA temperature 121 103 29 (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	34.8% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 59.7 Mixed 57.9 45% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 67%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 29GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 35.6 Write 31 Mixed 34.6 43% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.08 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.47 46% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 61%

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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 $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