MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


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 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	150% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '16 at 00:40
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 693 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1013.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 64 Parallax 90.6 62% 76.8 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 80.6 58% 69 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 772 Write 652 Mixed 730 160% 718 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 46.5 198% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 549 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 29.3 131% 301 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 243%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 236GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 285 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 168 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 278 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 194 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.6% Good	Read 114 Write 100 Mixed 92.8 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.4 123% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 69%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 179GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 146 1641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 196 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 81 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 175 Mixed 153 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.38 171% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 111%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 103GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 190 3441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 242 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 133 (C2) HDA temperature 123 118 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87% Excellent	Read 169 Write 133 Mixed 142 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.58 4K Write 4.36 4K Mixed 0.36 187% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 109%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16