MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	239% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 10:27
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 662 72% 572 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 86.2 58% 75.8 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 58.9 53% 65.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,488 Write 1,049 Mixed 1,238 349% 1,592 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 45.9 218% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 93.6 112% 191 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$117 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 85GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3652 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1448 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 466 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2818153 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 192 (C2) HDA temperature 66 59 176094904354 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9795 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7265 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10320 (F4) Unknown 100 100 43 (F5) Unknown 100 100 105 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3019200	92.9% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 497 Mixed 501 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 13.7 110% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 14.2 74% 164 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 58829360 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3006 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 84679315 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2386 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 60685025313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 408 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33372 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -34634616270643 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38672975080 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54289097431	97.4% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 163 Mixed 154 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 850GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6918 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4675 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1015 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5902 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	65.8% Good	Read 104 Write 125 Mixed 122 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.41 124% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 76%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 280GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 25 (03) Spinup time 235 233 3250 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5468 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5096 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2483 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2985 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 115 Mixed 109 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.63 164% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 80%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 354GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 186 3541 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6147 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8524 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3543 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 349 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 123485 (C2) HDA temperature 112 92 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3758 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.2% Above average	Read 88.1 Write 90.1 Mixed 86 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 119GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 215865443 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 717 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3034346 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1629 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538705952 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 719 (C2) HDA temperature 32 17 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 2 215865443 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116054311306833 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3957738274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2276981899	87.8% Excellent	Read 164 Write 142 Mixed 130 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.3 93% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 63%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	250x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 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: $642

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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16