MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	300% 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '21 at 00:27
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 673 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.11.1 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 124 Parallax 168 90% 134 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 113 Splatting 78.8 78% 97.8 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX8200PNP 2TB 22,361 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0411BB SusWrite @10s intervals: 1344 804 1444 1098 1102 1101 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,517 Write 2,238 Mixed 226 SusWrite 1,149 340% 1,533 MB/s	4K Read 65.7 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 86.9 292% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,069 DQ Write 634 DQ Mixed 600 514% 767 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 370%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 320GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 202GB free, PID 5032 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 75 75 74 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 74.7 Write 57.2 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 74.5 85% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.3 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 70%

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

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Gaming 42%

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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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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