MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	179% 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	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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 23:51
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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, 4 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 502 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 180 Parallax 164 135% 170 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 169 Splatting 119 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 538 575 587 571 567 582 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 672 Write 557 Mixed 604 SusWrite 570 135% 600 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 82.7 276% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 623 DQ Mixed 1,073 701% 823 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 355%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 59GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 99 96 99 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 287 Write 128 Mixed 184 SusWrite 98.1 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40 143% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 92.5 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 78.2 68% 98.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 73%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 936GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 118 118 118 118 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 126 Write 126 Mixed 108 SusWrite 117 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 173GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 58 60 60 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 65.7 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 59.3 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 43%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 342GB free Firmware: 0006SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 67 60 68 68 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	37% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 66.2 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 65.6 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 43%

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 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 22.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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