MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	71.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 12:22
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1285 v4 21 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 471 46% 375 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Pro Graphics P6300 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 7916) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 15.2 9% 13 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 18.1 12% 14.1 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SS 500GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 231 199 197 270 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 285 Write 265 Mixed 287 SusWrite 231 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 40 136% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 40.4 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 39.6 41% 63.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 115%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 53GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 115 123 116 118 121 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 327 Write 156 Mixed 194 SusWrite 120 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 38.6 139% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 42.1 40% 58.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUS724030ALA6400 3TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 312GB free Firmware: MF8O SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 107 108 108 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 61 SusWrite 105 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 93%
Hitachi HUS724030ALA6400 3TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 510GB free Firmware: MF8O SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 111 110 113 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 112 Write 118 Mixed 73 SusWrite 112 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 93%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 521GB free Firmware: JKAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 63 64 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 68 Mixed 38 SusWrite 63.8 43% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 70%
Hitachi HUS724020ALA6400 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 201GB free Firmware: MF6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 97 93 96 94 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 128 Write 129 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 94.9 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 77%
Seagate ST12000NM0007-2A1101 12TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 6TB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 191 195 196 204 199 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965432-068.A00LF 4x4GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.2 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 89%

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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	842x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $65Bench 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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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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