MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.4% 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	120% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '19 at 21:37
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 701 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1692 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 177 98% 130 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 133 Splatting 134 100% 119 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 297 293 296 297 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 489 Mixed 414 SusWrite 313 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.5 208% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 5GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 406 Write 294 Mixed 275 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.7 162% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 167 152% 232 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 571GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 146 146 148 148 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 156 Write 128 Mixed 79 SusWrite 148 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2000 C10 3x4GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 75%

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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	837x
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	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 $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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