MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.6% 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	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '17 at 10:49
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 262 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 457 55% 423 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2352 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 124 Parallax 108 99% 118 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 108 Splatting 107 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8550 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1469 (A6) Unknown 100 100 59 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 327 (A9) Unknown 100 100 151 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 217 (AE) Unknown 100 100 174 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 37 158914773017 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1815 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28259 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11096 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8028 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	74.7% Very good	Read 423 Write 236 Mixed 282 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 24.5 116% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 47.6 77% 148 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 91%
FCCT128M4SSD1 128GB 470 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 40GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^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 100 100 231 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1339 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 23 (AE) Unknown 100 100 194 (B5) Unknown 100 100 463858892871 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	67.8% Good	Read 492 Write 190 Mixed 275 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 6.97 100% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 7.42 57% 135 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 140GB 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 139 133 10016 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1623 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 456 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15672 (C2) HDA temperature 122 99 30 (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 200 198 71 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 115 Write 96.1 Mixed 98.8 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 101GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223466779 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4665 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 110283887 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2292 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65540 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 487653405 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 29 223466779 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46243912892937 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3113016919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1612782107	66.4% Good	Read 122 Write 109 Mixed 72.6 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.56 108% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 1333, 2133, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.8% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 15.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 16.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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