MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 18:01
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 214 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 653 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2610 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.6% Average	Lighting 47 Reflection 54.2 Parallax 44.1 38% 48.4 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 47 Splatting 61.3 48% 58.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 534 539 550 551 552 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 726 Write 651 Mixed 651 SusWrite 538 144% 642 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 71.9 240% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 887 622% 782 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 393%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 209GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 268 268 270 270 272 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 458 Mixed 368 SusWrite 267 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 45.7 160% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 256 221% 326 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 12GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 134 137 135 136 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 419 Write 149 Mixed 202 SusWrite 135 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 38.7 153% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 124 102% 145 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 82%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 931GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 102 101 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 97.5 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 101 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 779GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 75 76 75 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 88 Write 68 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 73.4 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 74%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 172 169 173 171 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 168 Write 170 Mixed 123 SusWrite 172 215% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 136% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C7 4x4GB 782 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $90Bench 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: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16