MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84% 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	173% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 02:44
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 128 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 709 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 115 88% 112 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 87.5 76% 93 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 599 645 649 643 635 637 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 720 Write 642 Mixed 634 SusWrite 634 148% 658 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 71.8 236% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 752 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 875 612% 768 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 393%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 142GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 351 346 350 350 351 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 417 Mixed 366 SusWrite 347 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48.3 170% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 177 178% 287 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 865GB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 174 165 165 163 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 103 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 165 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 498GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 163 162 164 164 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 112 Write 80.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 163 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.5 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 28.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 119%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,337 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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