MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '20 at 23:39
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$348 340,934 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 642 66% 522 Pts	64-Core 647 43% 647 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$338 357,960 User benchmarks, average bench 89% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 113 Parallax 116 99% 117 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 105 Splatting 97.5 89% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 96%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 196 212 201 220 218 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.2% Good	Read 284 Write 203 Mixed 236 SusWrite 206 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 27 98% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 114 98% 145 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 90%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 174 191 242 239 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 270 Mixed 274 SusWrite 208 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 43.1 160% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 151 144% 227 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$224 22,695 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 2TB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 620 600 605 594 598 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 658 Write 602 Mixed 544 SusWrite 606 136% 602 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 58.6 210% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 517 DQ Mixed 551 436% 613 MB/s
Poor: 172% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 288%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$108 370,329 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 863GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 308 306 293 287 316 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 435 Mixed 422 SusWrite 299 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 60.4 188% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,201 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 340,934 samples	1,129x
Core i5-4690KIntel $221Bench 79%, 219,579 samples	314x
Core i7-4790Intel $209Bench 76%, 202,700 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 50%, 648,344 samples	332x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	123x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 61%, 129,803 samples	122x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	94x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	80x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 95%, 162,787 samples	74x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 59%, 32,781 samples	76x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 95,122 samples	65x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 66%, 17,590 samples	63x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $961

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16