MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	May 17 '16 at 15:17
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 239 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 653 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 41.4 40% 46 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 38 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 203 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 60 59 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 475244595	115% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 400 Mixed 411 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 49.4 183% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 26.6 97% 216 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36668552 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 156 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 25861697889 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 605749281 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 508 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 55834574881 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 80526341836730 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9297135760 (F2) Unknown 100 253 103442596359	96.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 168 Mixed 143 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.81 219% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 369GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153397488 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5385 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 8595297857 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 959 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 464462151710 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17003 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -69496865814811 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5705519478 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7015956169	87.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 145 Mixed 146 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 11.9 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 60%

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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 $273	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 $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