MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.8% 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	178% 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

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '19 at 02:56
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 98 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 703 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% 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: 418.81 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 114 86% 111 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 87.8 76% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% 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% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 563 628 648 659 659 659 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 711 Write 631 Mixed 632 SusWrite 636 147% 652 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 75.2 251% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 911 634% 791 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 393%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 142GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 342 340 348 347 348 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 491 Mixed 370 SusWrite 342 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 49.2 179% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 175 176% 287 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 935GB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 153 168 159 162 160 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 115 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 157 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 189GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 172 174 175 173 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 95.7 Write 62.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 172 72% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.8% 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)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 23.2 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 29 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 119%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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 $45	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