MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	140% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 22:21
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.9 GHz, turbo 6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 779 85% 671 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 217 Parallax 193 162% 203 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 194 Splatting 133 126% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 305 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 133 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1103007465	99.4% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 419 Mixed 423 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 30.2 168% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 29.2 37% 64 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 144GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27694 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1080 (B1) Unknown 99 99 47 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 533 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20152046464	113% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 506 Mixed 514 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 47.8 187% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 39.5 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 27.6 38% 67.3 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 69 65977455 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 917979 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51316269253046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 64 470941718 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1267 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 77309411350 (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 -123776662502599 (F1) Unknown 100 253 492839402 (F2) Unknown 100 253 549793003 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	56.8% Above average	Read 118 Write 79.4 Mixed 56.7 63% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.63 139% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 27.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 45.2 88% 45.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	828x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
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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Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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