MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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 above expectations (64^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 649 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 113 Parallax 116 100% 117 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 105 Splatting 97.5 91% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 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 (13^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: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 91%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 174 191 242 239 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 91%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$192 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 2TB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 620 600 605 594 598 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th 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: 154% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 282%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 863GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 308 306 293 287 316 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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: 81% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st 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: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	828x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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	46x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	38x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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