MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.5% 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	180% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '22 at 06:20
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 413 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3706) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 106 92% 112 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 108 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0 500GB 15,095 User benchmarks, average bench 369% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: 611100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 584 633 652 650 653 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 653 Mixed 674 SusWrite 589 150% 665 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 77.4 263% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 786 DQ Write 683 DQ Mixed 1,086 718% 852 MB/s
Poor: 234% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 494%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 121GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 311 307 307 287 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 478 Mixed 413 SusWrite 288 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 60 198% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 358 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 179 181 176 179 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 173 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 176 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 432% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 65%

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

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) - $667

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	190x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	138x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	19x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	17x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,309

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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