MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.5% 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)
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.

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System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 23:48
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 63.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 182 66% 118 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 605 58% 481 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 36CA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 20.7 19% 20.5 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 17.6 18% 22.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 362 Write 352 Mixed 310 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 47.5 159% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 172 146% 213 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 8,604 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 299GB free Firmware: UG3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 250 248 253 250 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 441 Write 374 Mixed 283 SusWrite 253 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 19.2 83% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 42 DQ Mixed 42.4 41% 67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 57%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 32GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 382 397 402 399 405 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 289 Mixed 260 SusWrite 390 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 38.1 118% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 221 202% 310 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 117%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 79GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 138 139 140 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 389 Write 122 Mixed 173 SusWrite 135 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 24 95% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 58 DQ Mixed 82.1 69% 104 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 88%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 611GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 162 164 163 162 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 11.6 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 109%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,340 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	829x
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	190x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $851

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