MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.6% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 20:09
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 666 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 101 87% 106 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 89 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: N111 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 219 273 291 291 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 176 Mixed 265 SusWrite 254 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 36.4 153% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 180 163% 247 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 96%
Nvme CT1000P 1TB 6,019 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 417GB free Firmware: P3CR Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 617 617 609 615 616 606 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 696 Write 606 Mixed 559 SusWrite 613 139% 619 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 75.8 275% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 500 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 274 270% 429 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 299%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 49GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 140 136 143 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 87.3 Mixed 71 SusWrite 141 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 455GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 72 72 71 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 68.3 Write 67 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 71.5 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 15 7.8 5 10 14 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	4.65% Terrible	Read 5.8 Write 5.5 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 10.4 5% 7.05 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 4.65% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 91%

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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 $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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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