MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

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System	MSI MS-7930
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '18 at 22:26
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 451 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 97 86% 106 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 97.5 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,910 Write 1,501 Mixed 578 293% 1,329 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 49.6 188% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 892 DQ Write 616 DQ Mixed 623 501% 710 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 20GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 202 203 204 204 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 475 Write 204 Mixed 205 SusWrite 202 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 12.3 96% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 77.8 88% 149 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 78%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 54GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 30 55 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 160 Write 136 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 49.3 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.6 334% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 116%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 454GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 149 150 153 153 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 152 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 107%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 248GB free Firmware: AX001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 76 77 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	44% Average	Read 77 Write 75.6 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 76.3 47% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 57%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 322GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 30GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 34 60 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 122 Write 100 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 54.5 61% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.2 261% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 165%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x4GB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.7 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 65%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	37x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	31x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $88Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369