MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.3% 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	87.7% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '23 at 12:54
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 559 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.7.1 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 108 Parallax 188 91% 136 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 132 Splatting 76.9 80% 101 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$75 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 380 373 396 401 386 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 483 Write 398 Mixed 347 SusWrite 385 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 30.6 101% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 256 204% 285 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 125%
Transcend MTS600 M.2 256GB-$311 210 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 238GB free Firmware: P1225CE SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 382 380 394 397 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 383 Mixed 331 SusWrite 388 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 34.8 114% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 194 171% 254 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 98%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 505GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 110 119 119 119 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 23 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 113 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 75%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 402GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 78 77 77 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 77.8 Write 56.1 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 76.8 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D21BCE1.16FN 4x8GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	75	34"	3440 1440	SAM0F70 S34J55x

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Typical Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) Builds (Compare 1,360 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	843x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	166x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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