MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	51.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7930
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 23:09
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 580 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 104 Parallax 124 99% 117 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 120 Splatting 98.2 101% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 48 46 52 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 302 Write 58.3 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 44.9 27% 125 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 27.9 86% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 74.2 89% 165 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 106GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 323 339 344 345 332 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 321 Write 336 Mixed 245 SusWrite 334 70% 309 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 33.2 119% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 110 113% 185 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 110%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 145GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 80 81 81 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 80.4 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 283GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 26 27 16 8.8 5.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 38.9 Write 35.2 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 19.7 37% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 15.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 39: 2R 6G 11B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
39%	37%	52	179	14	144	0"	2560 1440	27GL850

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI PLUS (MS-7930) - $154

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	37x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	30x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	7x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	5x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	5x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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