MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 03:06
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 207 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 580 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti Founder's Edition CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 208 Parallax 252 109% 198 fps	MRender 251 Gravity 213 Splatting 137 157% 200 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120 3,686 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 247 253 243 254 243 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 590 Mixed 529 SusWrite 283 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 43.5 138% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 529 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 565 416% 545 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 143%
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 127GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 223 216 217 224 202 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 357 Write 344 Mixed 244 SusWrite 208 65% 288 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 35.2 129% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 210 163% 225 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 109%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 21GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 86 92 99 85 83 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 170 Write 124 Mixed 134 SusWrite 91.4 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 28.7 112% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 108 85% 119 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 61%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 828GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 350 350 350 353 350 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 320 Write 246 Mixed 73 SusWrite 348 178% 247 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.2 262% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 213%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 596GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 138 138 139 134 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 125 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 137 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.7% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12.1 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 88%

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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	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 $279	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