MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	155% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 00:49
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 238 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 694 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 120 Parallax 98.9 85% 108 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 106 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 285 290 190 284 291 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 661 Write 586 Mixed 593 SusWrite 282 119% 531 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 80.8 263% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 505 DQ Mixed 266 299% 516 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 244%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 319 320 320 320 319 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 429 Mixed 374 SusWrite 327 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63.1 203% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 196GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 403 411 397 123 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 434 Mixed 397 SusWrite 301 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.2 188% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 245 217% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 53 53 53 53 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 53.3 Write 53.9 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 52.8 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 61%

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

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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 $154Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16