MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.8% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 14:07
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 390 54% 398 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 83.2 Parallax 73.5 65% 78.7 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 68 Splatting 65.5 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 53 1.1 68 55 47 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 376 Write 302 Mixed 279 SusWrite 69.7 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 23 114% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 42 66% 126 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 154GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 81.2 Write 81.7 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 87.5 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 668GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 180 179 181 180 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 150 Mixed 106 SusWrite 179 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 93GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 88 89 92 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 88.5 Mixed 58 SusWrite 90.6 61% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 100GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 103 104 103 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 110 Write 111 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 103 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 109%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$176 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 12GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 35.3 Mixed 32 SusWrite 36.4 26% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 703GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 86 Write 71.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 80.5 98% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.8 276% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,365 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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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