MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	160% 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.

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Run History

14 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '23 at 17:56
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 240 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 629 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.4.1 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 26.4 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 37.3 22% 30.5 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 31.1 Splatting 25.3 23% 27.9 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 582 588 600 595 598 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 724 Write 600 Mixed 643 SusWrite 589 144% 639 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 68.3 219% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 389 DQ Mixed 536 411% 569 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 340%
Samsun 860 EVO 500G 431GB 466GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 395 399 408 406 385 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	109% Outstanding	Read 545 Write 480 Mixed 398 SusWrite 397 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 49.1 166% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 270 199% 260 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 927GB free Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 176 178 178 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 170 Mixed 105 SusWrite 177 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C11 4x4GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 89%

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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 $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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Total price: $1,291

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48