MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	67.2% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 13:02
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 626 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 158 Parallax 146 120% 151 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 141 Splatting 115 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0809 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 169 184 182 192 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 423 Write 183 Mixed 222 SusWrite 177 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 19.1 117% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 57.2 61% 101 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 70%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 91 100 102 92 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 243 Write 127 Mixed 171 SusWrite 95 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 38.1 140% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 94.3 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 94.2 75% 104 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 139GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 186 176 113 136 185 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 123 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 163 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 42%

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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 $94Bench 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: $642

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) $31	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