MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 01:06
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 456 60% 453 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 110% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1149 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12517530 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 529 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 65 279174119458 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 188980396076 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1080 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3173 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2780 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2509 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69% Good	Read 490 Write 220 Mixed 266 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 20.3 114% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 12.5 22% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 108%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 109GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5988 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1298 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 117 (AE) Unknown 100 100 151 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4063 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 44 244812480547 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 19 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22114080708 (F7) Unknown 100 100 699174496 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1165561743	86.9% Excellent	Read 500 Write 272 Mixed 349 82% 374 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 28.7 128% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 48.9 95% 194 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178379160 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4021876 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 992 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098370 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1774 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (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 34351148433891 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7619285358 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25271225687	66.4% Good	Read 89.3 Write 141 Mixed 101 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.61 194% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 94%
Drobo Gen3 17.5TB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 11TB free, PID 3344 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 177 Write 80 Mixed 55.7 112% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.87 4K Mixed 0.41 149% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 84%
Lexar LRWM04U 32GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 10GB free, PID b053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 270 Write 186 Mixed 207 270% 221 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 2.09 208% 6.27 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 85%

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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