MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.7% 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	135% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '21 at 12:30
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 236 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 729 80% 631 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 133 Parallax 136 98% 130 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 124 Splatting 111 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PC SN530 NVMe WDC 256GB 4,455 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 21112012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 236 219 220 220 220 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 603 Write 543 Mixed 532 SusWrite 223 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 60.2 217% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 676 DQ Write 699 DQ Mixed 573 462% 649 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 196%
Samsung MZ7KH480HAHQ-00005 480GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 284GB free Firmware: HXM7404Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 217 217 214 210 213 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 341 Write 336 Mixed 328 SusWrite 197 68% 300 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 45.9 154% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 228 172% 232 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 310GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 150 148 151 152 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 116 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 141 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.4 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 27.5 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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