MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	31% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '16 at 08:28
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.1% Below average	Memory 60.6 1-Core 22.7 2-Core 44.4 30% 42.6 Pts	4-Core 75.9 8-Core 109 12% 92.3 Pts	64-Core 125 8% 125 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31% Below average	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 46.7 Parallax 41.7 30% 41.8 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 43 Splatting 38 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 512GB-$280 923 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 561 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 35 (A3) Unknown 100 100 34 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13636 (A5) Unknown 100 100 48 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 14063 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 123168 (F2) Unknown 100 100 73377 (F5) Unknown 100 100 218176	80.1% Excellent	Read 506 Write 417 Mixed 394 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 26.1 95% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 55.8 59% 97 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 108%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 146GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2319 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 20 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 24418 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 102 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1707 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1540	67.4% Good	Read 418 Write 277 Mixed 310 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 25.1 92% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 54.2 59% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 173 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 324 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14262 (C2) HDA temperature 122 113 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.4% Very good	Read 135 Write 124 Mixed 98.3 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.3 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-152.A00LF 9905403-152.A00LF 0420 F3-1600C9-8GSR 0420 F3-1600C9-8GSR 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7.5 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 25%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	838x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $70Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16