MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics127% 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 Drive110% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7916
MotherboardMSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150213
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 24 '18 at 19:31
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 43%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Memory 77.5
1-Core 107
2-Core 212
74% 132 Pts
4-Core 416
8-Core 423
56% 419 Pts
64-Core 401
25% 401 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
MSI(1462 3722) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
127% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 178
Parallax 180
141% 177 fps
MRender 189
Gravity 154
Splatting 112
120% 152 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 127%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
119GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 235 229 228 231 225 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 472
Mixed 386
SusWrite 251
90% 401 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 57.4
193% 68.4 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 339
256% 341 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 110%
Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
201GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 62 61 61 62 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
39.2% Below average
Read 74.8
Write 60.3
Mixed 74
SusWrite 61.7
51% 67.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 39.2%
Great: 67%
TOSHIBA MK5075GSX 500GB
226GB free, PID 0237
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 67 68 67 70 70 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
26.8% Poor
Read 73.8
Write 65.2
Mixed 20.5
SusWrite 67.5
74% 56.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
22% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 26.8%
Great: 34%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46.6% Average
MC Read 15
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 15.8
47% 16.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 15.1
SC Mixed 13.6
38% 13.3 GB/s
Latency 85.3
47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 46.6%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 354 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $657
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