MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	95.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '20 at 19:07
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 674 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 223 Parallax 163 124% 180 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 185 Splatting 0.3 77% 108 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$72 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 44 37 39 41 40 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 473 Mixed 378 SusWrite 73.3 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 50.9 177% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 233 210% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 118%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 808GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 102 99 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 139 Write 121 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 103 71% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.3 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 108%
WD WD3200AZRX-00A8LB0 320GB 328 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 287GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 115 123 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 31 SusWrite 121 69% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-411.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905402-411.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.6% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13.7 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 42%

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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	843x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	166x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16