MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 38.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	26.4% 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	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 20:31
Run Duration	380 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.9% Below average	Memory 62.9 1-Core 23.5 2-Core 46 32% 44.1 Pts	4-Core 82.9 8-Core 123 13% 103 Pts	64-Core 124 8% 124 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 0984) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.4% Poor	Lighting 31 Reflection 27.3 Parallax 34.4 25% 30.9 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 36.3 Splatting 31 29% 35.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10127 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2925 (A6) Unknown 100 100 101 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 299 (A9) Unknown 100 100 87 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 193 (AE) Unknown 100 100 423 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 39 167504838687 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1579 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25270 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11461 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17694 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	57.6% Above average	Read 421 Write 194 Mixed 238 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 20 80% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 45.3 49% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 708GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3322 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2790 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3035 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 34 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82% Excellent	Read 160 Write 126 Mixed 111 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 76%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 47GB free, PID 009f, PNY Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.16% Terrible	Read 27.2 Write 10.9 Mixed 17.1 21% 18.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.01 29% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.16% Great: 7%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 24.9 Write 6.92 Mixed 10.1 15% 14 MB/s	4K Read 4.58 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.32 120% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0118 8GBH2X04E99927-15 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0118 8GBH2X04E99927-15 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7.1 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 65%

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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	834x
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 $195Bench 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	47x
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	39x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16