MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '22 at 16:16
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	81%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 191 80% 135 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 622 59% 490 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 109 Parallax 166 87% 128 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 116 Splatting 75.9 76% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SC100S37240GE 240GB 510 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM07.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 282 289 296 290 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 469 Write 246 Mixed 99.6 SusWrite 288 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 19.4 93% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 56 73% 129 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$41 7,860 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: MK7O SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 147 147 147 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 144 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 147 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 125 124 125 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 118 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 124 72% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.8 223% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 69%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 14 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	5.86% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 11.5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 13.2 15% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.86% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-13-13 D3-2400 4x4GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.9 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

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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	829x
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	190x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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	46x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	38x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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