MSI MS-7916

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI MS-7916 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '23 at 15:17
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 175 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 471 49% 395 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.6% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 75.2 66% 79 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 67.2 64% 80.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 125 114 117 116 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 187 Write 179 Mixed 220 SusWrite 122 40% 177 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 28.4 99% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 1.1 4% 7.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 85%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 858GB free Firmware: SVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 373 400 405 397 398 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 396 Mixed 404 SusWrite 379 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 45.1 142% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 8.8 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 3.1 54% 117 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 137%
TUF ESD-T1A 2TB 936GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 330 352 356 347 346 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.7% Good	Read 312 Write 351 Mixed 254 SusWrite 332 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 25.6 83% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 165 115% 145 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 99U5471-036.A00LF 16GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 47: 0P 4R 7G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
47%	46%	37	209	48	144	27"	2560 1377	SAM707A LC27G5xT

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Typical MS-7916 Builds (Compare 3 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-7916

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	1x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	1x
R9 270XAMD $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples	1x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	1x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	1x
HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GBBench 121%, 26,870 samples	1x

RAM
99U5471-037.A00LF 99U5471-036.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 55%, 76 samples	1x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	1x
RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 3,160 samples	1x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $361

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16