MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.4% 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	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '23 at 17:20
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 85.9 2-Core 133 60% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 427 45% 361 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86F0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 100 Parallax 98.6 87% 102 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 90.3 85% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 165 183 221 204 245 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 341 Write 354 Mixed 268 SusWrite 192 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 22.3 88% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 166 158% 242 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 102%
Adata SU630 480GB 31,107 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 148GB free Firmware: S0423B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 165 98 6.2 82 6.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 407 Write 301 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 83.3 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.4 28% 7.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 99%
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 32GB free Firmware: V8X02c08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 160 175 207 192 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 338 Write 280 Mixed 296 SusWrite 173 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 22.1 79% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 197 152% 205 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 99%
Adata XPG EX500 256GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 202GB free Firmware: 9301 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 245 253 280 276 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 339 Write 307 Mixed 289 SusWrite 258 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 12 50% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 22.1 45% 90 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 72%
Adata ED600 480GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 114GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 148 155 176 172 186 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 287 Write 299 Mixed 252 SusWrite 160 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 17.9 57% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 118 91% 124 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 72%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 132 132 135 136 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 62 SusWrite 131 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 100%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 548GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 86 90 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 123 Write 103 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 88.5 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 100%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 261GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 99 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 89.2 Write 64.2 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 97.1 102% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 13.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	247x
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	65x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16