MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	149% 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 Drive	135% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '19 at 00:18
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 528 52% 424 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	149% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 240 Parallax 263 160% 233 fps	MRender 259 Gravity 215 Splatting 147 163% 207 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 285 282 281 278 276 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 702 Write 519 Mixed 400 SusWrite 319 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 48.1 181% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 644 DQ Mixed 664 510% 696 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 30GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 261 266 267 266 266 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 368 Write 354 Mixed 346 SusWrite 261 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 55.8 186% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 226 172% 233 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 128%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 6GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 312 Write 490 Mixed 367 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 40.4 136% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 139 163% 282 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 38GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 91 93 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 100 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 91.4 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 107GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 86 86 91 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 123 Write 124 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 86.4 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 88%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 898GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 192 197 198 196 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 156 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 193 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 4x8GB 587 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 17.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 21.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 73%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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 $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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16