MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.2% 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	86.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '23 at 04:03
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 97 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 366 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 132 Parallax 121 100% 126 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 126 Splatting 112 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 142 143 144 143 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 452 Write 419 Mixed 313 SusWrite 160 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 41.8 137% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 179 184% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 108%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 98 98 98 105 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 64 SusWrite 100 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2000 C10 2x4GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 22.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%

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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%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	248x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	66x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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