MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.3% 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	106% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7919
Motherboard	MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 15:29
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 709 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 116 Parallax 102 95% 112 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 106 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 183GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4025 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 982 (B1) Unknown 95 95 92 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51713936960	93.1% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 418 Mixed 422 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 26.2 150% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44 DQ Write 94.8 DQ Mixed 25.6 32% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 127GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 630 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 912 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 58 180389609495 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10108008922 (F7) Unknown 100 100 316111422 (F8) Unknown 100 100 136244373 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4425 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	71.3% Very good	Read 485 Write 301 Mixed 338 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 15.1 99% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 15 39% 76.1 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5530 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1794 (B1) Unknown 98 98 72 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 61 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19362894671	106% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 500 Mixed 506 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 44.3 167% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 24.5 33% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12305528 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37310514 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1564 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 1279919784234 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1773 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9139 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 106 99 12305528 (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 60344290512747 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38509073666 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34693765397
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 173 5750 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 601 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4934 (C2) HDA temperature 125 114 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 124 Mixed 114 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 87%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97M GAMING (MS-7919) - $667

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	188x
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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,324

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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