MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.5% 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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '19 at 18:37
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 70.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 204 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 601 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.6% Below average	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 37.7 29% 38.7 fps	MRender 48.8 Gravity 38.6 Splatting 38.1 34% 41.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 343 265 263 258 247 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 349 Write 338 Mixed 295 SusWrite 287 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 29.4 100% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 124 124 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 130 Write 116 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 125 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 84%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 364GB free Firmware: 3.AF SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 61 61 62 63 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 54.5 Mixed 38 SusWrite 61.9 38% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 4x8GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.9% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 11.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 86%

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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 $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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

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 $45	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