MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	105% 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	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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 09:48
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 (95^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 112 2-Core 216 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 566 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 179 Parallax 180 109% 165 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 170 Splatting 117 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 407 328 325 325 324 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 663 Write 550 Mixed 389 SusWrite 336 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 39.6 134% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 367 272% 360 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 236%
Samsung MZ7KM1T9HAJM-00005 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 1TB free Firmware: GXM1103Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 315 366 388 388 388 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 458 Mixed 414 SusWrite 348 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 43.7 143% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 337 253% 338 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 125%
Jamesdonkey JD960 960GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 887GB free Firmware: JD2019 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 295 340 362 362 363 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 475 Write 420 Mixed 349 SusWrite 327 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 20.1 102% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 24.5 74% 152 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 79%

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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	828x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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