MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	15.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 17:44
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 227 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 654 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 106 90% 111 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 94.8 79% 97.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 93 89 76 88 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 238 Write 120 Mixed 164 SusWrite 85.7 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 32.6 135% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 92.5 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 65.7 61% 92 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 123GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 440 409 377 253 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 471 Mixed 393 SusWrite 356 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.7 211% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 315 244% 333 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 309GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,779 Write 5,397 Mixed 5804 1,334% 5,993 MB/s	4K Read 655 4K Write 327 4K Mixed 419 1,702% 467 MB/s	DQ Read 1,415 DQ Write 900 DQ Mixed 979 778% 1,098 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 2,149 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 26GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 27 27 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 21.3 Write 27 Mixed 23 SusWrite 27.5 35% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 3.4 225% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 63%

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

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $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