MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.2% 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	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 03:12
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 209 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 587 55% 457 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 119 Parallax 114 86% 113 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 103 Splatting 91.7 80% 98.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$51 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 304 299 289 279 271 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 474 Mixed 444 SusWrite 271 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57.5 196% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$255 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 344 363 374 377 382 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 477 Mixed 458 SusWrite 338 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58.4 200% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 131 132 132 131 129 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 173 Write 151 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 128 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 113%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 120 121 120 121 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 21.8 Write 74.5 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 120 46% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 99 95 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 84.7 Write 97.1 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 95.6 67% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 258% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: 0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 179 181 180 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 165 Mixed 89.4 SusWrite 180 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.5 300% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 4x8GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 86%

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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	836x
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	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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