MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	29.2% 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	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 10 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	16.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '17 at 13:37
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 below expectations (1^st percentile)	36.9% Below average	Memory 60.7 1-Core 23.1 2-Core 44.8 31% 42.9 Pts	4-Core 73.2 8-Core 108 11% 90.6 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.2% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 46 Parallax 41.9 27% 40.4 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 42.9 Splatting 39.2 33% 40.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 512GB-$280 923 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 603 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 35 (A3) Unknown 100 100 34 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14308 (A5) Unknown 100 100 48 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 14936 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 131338 (F2) Unknown 100 100 76281 (F5) Unknown 100 100 228928	67.8% Good	Read 503 Write 416 Mixed 456 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 14.5 70% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.2 DQ Write 45.9 DQ Mixed 14.8 17% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 108%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 137GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2321 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 20 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 24702 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 102 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1749 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1569	56.1% Above average	Read 416 Write 275 Mixed 330 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 13.8 68% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 85.5 DQ Mixed 37.4 33% 47.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 173 5600 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 687 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 339 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17915 (C2) HDA temperature 121 113 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 132 Mixed 108 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.28 101% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-152.A00LF 9905403-152.A00LF 0420 F3-1600C9-8GSR 0420 F3-1600C9-8GSR 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.7% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9.9 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7.2 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 25%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	847x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	166x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	40x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	38x

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