MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	174% 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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '19 at 06:27
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 707 69% 567 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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: 418.91 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 114 86% 111 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 81.6 74% 91 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% 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% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 587 640 652 657 657 657 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 739 Write 644 Mixed 651 SusWrite 642 151% 669 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 71.1 234% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 860 609% 773 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 393%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 142GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 378 382 387 382 389 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 489 Mixed 360 SusWrite 378 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48 173% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 171 174% 284 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 935GB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 157 167 156 169 155 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 115 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 160 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 186GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74% Very good	Read 154 Write 111 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 104 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% 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 as expected (59^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 23.2 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 26.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 47 85% 47 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.1% 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	828x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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