MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.4% 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	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 05:22
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 654 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 112 Parallax 97.4 79% 102 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 819GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 459 459 450 455 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 440 Mixed 390 SusWrite 455 99% 437 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.5 181% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 257 218% 320 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 122%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 282 283 282 280 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 452 Mixed 375 SusWrite 297 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 54.9 191% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 535GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 145 147 147 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 153 Mixed 110 SusWrite 146 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 61%

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

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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	837x
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	191x
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 $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	39x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16