MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	123% 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	122% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '22 at 00:59
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 177 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 278 29% 233 Pts	64-Core 303 19% 303 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% ASRock(1849 5210) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 133 Parallax 270 112% 180 fps	MRender 237 Gravity 148 Splatting 201 160% 195 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WD_BLACK SN750 S 1TB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 450GB free (System drive) Firmware: 711130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 518 556 568 646 645 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 597 Write 650 Mixed 617 SusWrite 574 138% 610 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 27.9 122% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 622 DQ Write 593 DQ Mixed 725 512% 647 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 316%
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB 12,047 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 112GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 206 217 222 254 265 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 363 Write 298 Mixed 339 SusWrite 227 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 39.6 132% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 251 215% 318 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 122%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 170 178 160 141 133 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 352 Write 212 Mixed 294 SusWrite 156 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 31.7 110% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 209 158% 213 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 85%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 134GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 164 168 168 174 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 89.1 Write 61.5 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 166 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 103%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$65 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 88GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 67 61 87 73 79 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.1 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	190x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	139x
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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,291

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16