MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '20 at 15:34
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	URY-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 229 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 616 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.4% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 71.9 62% 76.3 fps	MRender 76.6 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 63.9 57% 70.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 192 190 188 184 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 349 Mixed 316 SusWrite 190 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 41.3 147% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 348 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 558GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 129 137 136 135 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 127 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.8% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.7 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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