MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 17:02
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 598 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 77.6 64% 79.1 fps	MRender 76.6 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 63.2 57% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 157 158 159 155 164 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 389 Write 263 Mixed 277 SusWrite 164 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 33.3 136% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 225 172% 235 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 175 178 177 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 120 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 178 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 441GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 133 134 135 135 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 98 Write 96 Mixed 72 SusWrite 134 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $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