MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.4% 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 9 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 19:22
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 450 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Lighting 89.5 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 77.9 73% 84.9 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 70 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 45GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5347713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 23768349026867 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2107 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 325 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5347713 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5347713 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5347713 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9001 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8799 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8799 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13125	81.2% Excellent	Read 522 Write 237 Mixed 293 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 7.69 139% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 67.5 80% 137 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 91%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7362569 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -124657130793461 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1031 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 98 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 36 30067130393 (C2) HDA temperature 25 36 30067130393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7362569 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7362569 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7362569 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10881 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7360 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7360 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3643	60.4% Good	Read 409 Write 171 Mixed 204 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 13.9 98% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 52.5 59% 98.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34388378036 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2472 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4150 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 180388691999 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.3% Very good	Read 114 Write 132 Mixed 88.5 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 28.6 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 25.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 86%

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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	832x
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 $245Bench 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	47x
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	39x
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 $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16