MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 22 '22 at 07:43
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-5675C-$289 945 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 438 59% 439 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.2% Good	Lighting 86.5 Reflection 87.6 Parallax 81.3 70% 85.1 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 75.7 Splatting 67 67% 84.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 123 123 121 120 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 368 Write 137 Mixed 179 SusWrite 121 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 24.1 114% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 105 86% 122 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 81%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 534GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 384 383 399 406 409 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 416 Write 49.7 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 387 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 0.6 48% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 37 67% 132 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 28.3 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	836x
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	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16