MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.5% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 02:13
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 232 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 621 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 72.9 63% 75.9 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 69.7 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 69GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11176 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 444 (B1) Unknown 97 97 55 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 151 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21204994554	109% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 399 Mixed 417 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 43.3 169% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 108 131% 230 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231706 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^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 95 95 2356 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 419 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 141742047233 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (B7) Unknown 5 5 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 35 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	74.5% Very good	Read 404 Write 212 Mixed 278 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 22.4 120% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 44.4 82% 163 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 89%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 449GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240698224 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56222660 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 452 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 588578848 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13598 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 73014444064 (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 -88390426942315 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37682168271 (F2) Unknown 100 253 213101246487	99% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 176 Mixed 84.4 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 4.95 4K Mixed 0.45 161% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 256GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106265520 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 477162736573 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1611 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 9144893471 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 578 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 78193 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 -140737488355297 (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 -80041010507580 (F1) Unknown 100 253 126333323774 (F2) Unknown 100 253 136472541100	98.6% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 173 Mixed 161 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 114%
HP Desktop HD BD07 2TB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 927GB free, PID bd07 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 109 Write 96.8 Mixed 49.9 103% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.14 68% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 3,098 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.2 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 78%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16