MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '19 at 02:18
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 215 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 621 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 57.6 Parallax 78 52% 66.6 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 51.6 Splatting 74 51% 60.8 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 459 Write 449 Mixed 338 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.2 183% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 67GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 126 128 134 135 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 128 Write 197 Mixed 168 SusWrite 128 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 34.1 135% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 154 127% 180 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 231GB free Firmware: MN6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 144 145 146 146 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 140 Write 137 Mixed 72 SusWrite 140 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 174 174 174 174 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 2.3 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 173 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 218GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 110 109 108 98 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 90 Write 83.7 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 104 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 114%
Generic- Compact Flash 64GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 41GB free, PID 6361 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 36 Write 33.3 Mixed 32 SusWrite 33.8 46% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.8 124% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 19%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 649 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 18.3 Write 17 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 13.7 22% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 3.9 239% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 14 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 77%

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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 $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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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