MSI Z97-S02 (MS-7821)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7821
Motherboard	MSI Z97-S02 (MS-7821) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '18 at 11:59
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 119 2-Core 224 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 653 64% 527 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 71.4 62% 76.2 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 64.1 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 141 122 138 120 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 358 Write 198 Mixed 242 SusWrite 128 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43 157% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 162 122% 159 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 922GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 126 137 136 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 138 Write 67.3 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 133 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 75%
Generic Flash Disk 134GB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 32GB free, PID 7777 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 8.2 8.8 8.8 7.7 8.2 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	3.81% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 7.8 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 8.2 9% 7.3 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.81% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 3,428 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-S02 (MS-7821) Builds (Compare 202 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97-S02 (MS-7821)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	65x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	58x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	55x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	15x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	26x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	69x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	18x
DDR3 1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 2,890 samples	15x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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