MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.7% 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	141% 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.

Run History

13 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 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	Jun 02 '23 at 14:06
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 628 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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: 23.5.2 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 36.5 21% 30.2 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 25.2 22% 27.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 547 547 556 552 551 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 742 Write 598 Mixed 637 SusWrite 547 142% 631 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 68.5 217% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 938 505% 464 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 340%
Samsun 860 EVO 500G 431GB 453GB free Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 303 301 305 305 304 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	104% Outstanding	Read 534 Write 481 Mixed 392 SusWrite 302 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 49.7 167% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 270 201% 264 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 862GB free Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 168 169 168 170 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 164 Mixed 115 SusWrite 168 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256G 256GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 238GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 267 266 270 270 269 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 343 Write 316 Mixed 290 SusWrite 267 408% 304 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 33.8 2,992% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 70.2 DQ Mixed 40 3,863% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 313%

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)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 43%

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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 $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	138x
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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	36x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,309

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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