MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	151% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '16 at 00:44
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 213 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 407 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 85.7 Reflection 81.1 105% 83.4 fps
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD RAID 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	151% Outstanding	Read 969 Write 924 Mixed 857 205% 916 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 33 134% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 236 206% 306 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 619GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 941448 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 867 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13751310 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20131 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 64424509475 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -44212393343674 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5060998710 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16198277806	76% Very good	Read 137 Write 128 Mixed 89.9 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 114%
WD WD5000YS-18MPB1 500GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 465GB free Firmware: 09.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 245 220 4733 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1931 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 45128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1887 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.4% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 68 Mixed 55.7 48% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.36 111% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 40%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 148GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171835862 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2783 (05) Reallocated sector count 82 82 744 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 486142898 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2784 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065697 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 606273572 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 38654705700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 16 171835862 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 122917669069211 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2858097150 (F2) Unknown 100 253 680637473	61.8% Good	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 86.7 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMX4GX3M1A1333C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 49%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) - $203

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	836x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	37x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $851

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16