MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	43.6% 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)
Boot Drive	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 06:32
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.9% Below average	Memory 63.2 1-Core 23 2-Core 45.2 31% 43.8 Pts	4-Core 70.3 8-Core 117 11% 93.8 Pts	64-Core 120 7% 120 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.6% Average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 60.7 Parallax 78.9 36% 61.1 fps	MRender 80.1 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 65.7 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 323 392 396 422 426 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 452 Write 424 Mixed 353 SusWrite 376 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 31 100% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 165 124% 166 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 134%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 149 150 151 145 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 164 Write 114 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 147 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$112 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 677GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 115 116 120 115 120 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 116 70% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 76%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 258 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 5151 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 5.7 7.6 7.6 7.6 6 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	5.05% Terrible	Read 13.7 Write 5.7 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 6.7 9% 7.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.05% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	MC Read 2.3 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 4.5 23% 7.93 GB/s	SC Read 2.3 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 4.8 11% 3.9 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 80%

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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%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16