MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.1% 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	91.4% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 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 16 '23 at 23:28
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 371 47% 355 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% 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 (91^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 135 Parallax 123 103% 128 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 128 Splatting 113 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 139 140 142 143 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 414 Mixed 312 SusWrite 142 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 45.9 158% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 175 183% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 108%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 100 97 101 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 116 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 97.1 70% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.9% 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 (94^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 22.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 74.6% 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%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	251x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	44x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	67x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	19x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $142Bench 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	17x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	15x

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