MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	81.4% 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	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.

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Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '16 at 02:31
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 275 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 474 60% 454 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 92% 110 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 84.4 76% 93.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 65448002 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 4 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 120671401152833 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 763 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 137 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 57 77313146916 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 65448002 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 65448002 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 65448002 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 137438953473 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5301 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5381 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5381 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7635	81.4% Excellent	Read 468 Write 250 Mixed 291 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 21.9 124% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 73.2 103% 191 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 632GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78580768 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1597 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6400947 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (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 67 47 555417633 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11203 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 77309411361 (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 -62762357094208 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3724615874 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35794045816	88% Excellent	Read 137 Write 169 Mixed 119 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.65 207% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 4x4GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 64%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16