MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7916
MotherboardMSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 23 '20 at 19:59
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 96.4
1-Core 102
2-Core 206
79% 135 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 400
54% 403 Pts
64-Core 409
25% 409 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1586 MHz, MLim: 2050 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.74
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 126
Parallax 115
95% 119 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 110
Splatting 98.6
85% 105 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 28 32 35 41 37 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
161GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 92 93 93 91 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
49.7% Average
Read 81
Write 76
Mixed 58.3
SusWrite 92
57% 76.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 49.7%
Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 116 117 116 116 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
67% Good
Read 118
Write 90.5
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 116
73% 99.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 67%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
71.3% Very good
MC Read 25.6
MC Write 26.3
MC Mixed 23
71% 25 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 19.4
SC Mixed 22.1
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 52.6
76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,340 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $851
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HDDRAMUSB
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