MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% 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	169% 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	29.6 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	Oct 31 '18 at 04:30
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (58^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)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 711 77% 613 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.4% 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: 416.34 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 114 86% 111 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 92.6 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% 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% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 626 631 640 627 634 644 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 650 Write 587 Mixed 564 SusWrite 634 137% 609 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 68.5 229% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 886 622% 783 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 393%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 142GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 339 342 344 346 346 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 418 Mixed 338 SusWrite 344 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 46.2 161% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 170 174% 286 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 854GB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 155 169 161 160 161 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 100 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 158 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 534GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 176 178 178 177 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 109 Write 87.3 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 176 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.8% 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 (63^rd percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 23.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 28.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 119%

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

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Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,340 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	829x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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