MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916)

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	139% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7916
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 7 (MS-7916) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '18 at 00:39
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 711 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2932 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 202 Parallax 213 162% 205 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 191 Splatting 136 125% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9343 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 745 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 179 (A9) Unknown 100 100 768 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 72 (AE) Unknown 100 100 469 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 50 214749413419 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 552 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 38249 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19632 (F2) Unknown 253 253 28554 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.7% Very good	Read 343 Write 371 Mixed 348 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 19.7 111% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 17.4 69% 153 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104068808 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 371 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11600846 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (B7) Unknown 76 76 24 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 55 49 774701101 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5970 (C2) HDA temperature 45 51 64424509485 (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 17575006177166 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6977415019 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17349641500	86.3% Excellent	Read 166 Write 135 Mixed 150 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 43GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226156288 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 51 545490239198 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1349 (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 56 45 82345394220 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 706 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 30 30 140610 (C2) HDA temperature 44 55 -140737488355284 (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 33788507727605 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16289467832 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36563497930	77% Very good	Read 141 Write 127 Mixed 123 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.33 82% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT1TX0. 4x4GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 26 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 43.7 91% 43.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 77%

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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	835x
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	190x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	45x
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 $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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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