MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	71% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 17:46
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 243 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 569 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 142 Parallax 128 118% 138 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 136 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 225GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6971 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 937 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (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 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 143 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14073566665	123% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 501 Mixed 513 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 48.4 182% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 170 180% 298 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 11302658 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 120035746014158 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1854 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 138 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 62 64428572701 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11302658 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11302658 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11302658 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21317 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17131 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17131 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26294	71% Very good	Read 489 Write 129 Mixed 207 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 20.8 128% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 47.1 61% 111 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $158Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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